A fissionable nucleous. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material. From Dictionary.com.
It is only the atoms of mass 235 which are fissionable, that is, from which energy is released. From Wordnik.com. [The Peacetime Applications of Atomic Energy] Reference
Isotopes of uranium and plutonium which fission in a fast neutron environment are said to be "fissionable", as distinct from fissile. From Wordnik.com. [Plutonium] Reference
Uranium 238 is not fissile; it is called "fissionable" because it sometimes splits when hit by a fast neutron. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
"fissionable" is generally used in an engineering sense for those elements that undergo fission when struck by neutrons. From Wordnik.com. [Dissident Voice] Reference
The fissionable material was too valuable for other purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
Assembling fissionable materials is not all that complicated, either. From Wordnik.com. [Harold Pollack: So Crazy, it Might Work: A Grand Nuclear Bargain between Israel and Iran] Reference
"Without control over fissionable material, you could have a catastrophe.". From Wordnik.com. [Get Out The Geigor Counters] Reference
North Korea has acquired fissionable material and has medium ranged missiles. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: Hillary's Tough Talk Towards Iran Is "Reflective Of George Bush"] Reference
The fissionable isotope of uranium must be enriched to 90% to create a weapon. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Have Some Love for Nuclear Power] Reference
By a similar reaction Th-232 can be converted to U-233 which is also fissionable. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels (historical)] Reference
TUCKER: It ` s just, the fissionable isotope that ` s in there is about 3 percent. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2008] Reference
To end all transfer of nuclear equipment or fissionable material or technology to South. From Wordnik.com. [SELECTED STATEMENTS AND OTHER PRESS RELEASES, 1963-1983] Reference
Uranium-238 (238U) can be converted into fissionable plutonium by the following reactions. From Wordnik.com. [Uranium] Reference
Of the remaining 5% of a rod, one-fifth is fissionable U-235 -- which can be recycled as fuel. From Wordnik.com. [There Is No Such Thing as Nuclear Waste] Reference
The neutron source, the neutron reflector, and one piece of fissionable material were in place. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
While thorium itself is not fissionable, 233U is, and in this way may be used as a nuclear fuel. From Wordnik.com. [Uranium] Reference
Even if we went and lived out in asteroids, there is only so much fissionable material out there. From Wordnik.com. [nessus Diary Entry] Reference
It shuts down North Korea's ability to produce fissionable material suitable for nuclear weapons. From Wordnik.com. [Background Briefing On Meeting Of President Kim] Reference
The closed fuel cycle concept involves the reprocessing and reuse of fissionable material from the spent fuel. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
The OSP list of crime and evil had included Saddam's attempts to seek fissionable materials or uranium in Africa. From Wordnik.com. [truckeratlas Diary Entry] Reference
The large nuclear infrastructure was destroyed and the fissionable (ph) material was removed from Iraq by the IAEA. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2003] Reference
Nuclear piles comprise assemblages of fissionable and auxiliary materials for maintaining controlled nuclear reactions. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels (historical)] Reference
LFT reactors transform thorium into fissionable uranium-233, which then produces heat through controlled nuclear fission. From Wordnik.com. [Revolutionary Thorium Reactor - The most environmentally beneficial power source on earth] Reference
We're talking about enriched uranium, a loose nuclear weapon, nuclear materials, fissionable material throughout the world. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: Dissecting the Debate in Philly (Part 3)] Reference
Such reactors are well suited for burning up long-lived fissionable materials, which require more than 100,000 years of storage. From Wordnik.com. [Controlling Asia's Nuclear Power Tigers] Reference
Not only would the psychological impact of the weapon be lost, but the enemy might recover large amounts of fissionable material. From Wordnik.com. [Project Trinity 1945-1946] Reference
The fissionable elements, as indicated in Table 1, comprise two isotopes of uranium, U-235 and U-233, and one of plutonium, Pu-239. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels (historical)] Reference
The power contained in a ton of petroleum is infinitesimal in comparison with the power contained in a ton of fissionable material. From Wordnik.com. [COMMEMORATES GIRON VICTORY] Reference
And he felt those findings were being misrepresented with respect to Iraq, trying to obtain nuclear fissionable material from Niger. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2005] Reference
QUESTION: Ari, what's the latest the White House knows about the search for arms of mass destruction or nuclear or fissionable material?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2003] Reference
Any terrorists who obtained forceful entry intothe reactor complex could not realistically remove any of the hot molten fissionable fuel. From Wordnik.com. [Revolutionary Thorium Reactor - The most environmentally beneficial power source on earth] Reference
QUESTION: Do we know whether that's a fissionable material going in and out of the country (OFF-MIKE) over the past several years perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2001] Reference
Hahn and Strassman's experiment suggested that if a sufficient quantity of fissionable material was assembled, a chain reaction would automatically follow. From Wordnik.com. ['The Bomb: A New History'] Reference
However, I cannot imagine that in this era of concerns about terrorism that we are going to start the production of fissionable material all over the world. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Kessler: President Obama and Nuclear Power's Spin Campaign] Reference
Instead, electricity ripped through the Orb, and there were small explosions from within, but not the implosion required to allow the fissionable material to fully detonate. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness of the Light] Reference
The TVA came with the bonus that isotopes of URANIUM could be separated to supply fissionable material that went into A-bombs with the electricity created by the many dams built. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Cressy: The Billionaire Income Tax Proposal] Reference
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