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When U-238 absorbs a fast neutron it forms plutonium-239

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What happens when a neutron hits a large uranium nucleus?

One thing that can happen when a neutron interacts with a uranium atom is called scattering. The neutron "bounces off" the uranium. Aside from scattering, a neutron has a possibility of being absorbed by the uranium nucleus, and this can cause several different reactions, depending on which isotope of uranium is involved in the reaction. It is neutron absorption that is the mechanism utilized in the chain reactions in nuclear weapons and in nuclear reactors. Nuclear fuel, which is often uranium-235, fissions by absorbing a neutron. In the case of uranium-238, we make plutonium by getting that isotope to absorb a neutron. There is a lot more to learn, and you'll find related links below to get you going.


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