fissionable

Examples

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• We believe the Russians deduced that the rod was a fissionable fuel assembly, believed they had it mastered, and tried to harness it at Chernobyl.

  Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

• One frequently cited drawback to the widespread use of nuclear power is the risk of fissionable material being diverted to produce weapons.

  Academic text (2009)

• A critical mass of fissionable material is the minimum mass that will produce fission.

  Academic text (1999)

• The fissionable material is shielded effectively in lead and water...

  Unthinkable (2010)

• Consider a terrorist group based in the Middle East that is attempting to acquire fissionable material for a nuclear weapon.

  Academic text (2008)

• The biggest obstacle is not building and setting up the reactors but in finding the fissionable material needed to start them.

  Blog text (32)

• The most toxic of these radioactive poisons, plutonium, is itself fissionable, which means that it can be used to build atomic bombs.

  Academic text (1993)

• Finally, the use of thorium-232 or U-238 conversion reactors to produce new fissionable fuels will solve the problem of nuclear waste.

  Blog text (11)

• Now, when the rod is rammed into the heart of the fissionable core, the mass of the two together rises beyond the critical threshold and that's when things start to get exciting.

  The Fourth Protocol (1987)

• A nuclear reactor uses fissionable material to generate electricity by splitting atomic nuclei.

Synonyms

F

fissile

vsfissionable

• Specialized

1 9.6

Able to split its nucleus and release energy when hit by a neutron

is capable of the reaction when hit but omits energy and neutron release

Antonyms

N

nonfissionable

• Specialized

9.9

Not able to split atoms to start a chain reaction

How Fissionable

fissionable

• Specialized

4 9.5

nonfissionable

• Specialized

9.9

Surface Forms

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Etymology