The Effect of Putting Small Amounts of Pu-239 with U-238

question 10

Multiple Choice

The effect of putting small amounts of Pu-239 with U-238 is converting U-238 to

• A)Th-239.
• B)Pa-239.
• C)U-235.
• D)Pu-239.
• E)Pb-206.

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