fissionable
adjective
capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission.
nonfissionable
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a word derived from
fissionable.
Example Sentences
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In the United States, uranium ores contain from 0.05–0.3% of the uranium oxide U3O8; the uranium in the ore is about 99.3% nonfissionable U-238 with only 0.7% fissionable U-235.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
But uranium that has been enriched by removal of part of its nonfissionable U-238 is a livelier substance; it will work in smaller reactors, which will yield more energy and plutonium for their size.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nuclear power plants, which are commercially available, cannot help making plutonium out of nonfissionable uranium while they are producing electricity.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nearly all the rest ot it is nonfissionable U-238.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later a third nuclear ingredient, fissionable U-233, was made out of nonfissionable thorium.
From Time Magazine Archive
