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2012-05-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran inserts nuclear fuel rod in reactor

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Posted by tipper 2012-05-22 15:35|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [160 views ] Top

#1 seems like a waste of Uranium to use 20% enriched U into a fuel rod when you only need about 4% but maybe the nuclear engineers were overruled by a nuclear fatwa

Posted by lord garth 2012-05-22 17:34|| 2012-05-22 17:34|| Front Page Top

#2 The entire rod may not be made of the 20% U-235, they only need a few. Once the reaction gets going, you get enough P-239 created from neutron absorption by U-238 to fuel the reactors. When a "spent" fuel rod is removed, nearly all of the fission taking place is from P-239 and most of the uranium is gone.

Posted by crosspatch 2012-05-22 17:58|| 2012-05-22 17:58|| Front Page Top

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