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Subject: Re: Secondary Neutrons
Date: May 27, 10:29 am
Poster: Ely Silk

On May 27, 10:29 am, Ely Silk wrote:


>>3. The really big problem is that the U-238 fission bit is best accomplished with THERMAL or SLOW neutrons.
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No. This is not true. U-238 fissions with fast neutrons only. U-235 fissions with either fast or slow (but preferably slow.)

Ely Silk