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To: dayglored
That's plutonium 238. It's not fissionable. It's used for RTGs because its alpha decay makes a big enough piece very hot.

Plutonium 239 is the fissionable isotope.

30 posted on 05/20/2019 7:33:16 PM PDT by Campion ((marine dad))
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To: Campion
> That's plutonium 238. It's not fissionable. It's used for RTGs because its alpha decay makes a big enough piece very hot. Plutonium 239 is the fissionable isotope.

Ah, so. Thanks!

32 posted on 05/20/2019 7:46:39 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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