Comment on Pascal's Muggle (short version)

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:53:09 GMT

surely the 2-3 neutrons per fission would mostly hit U238 rather than U235

U-235 has a higher neutron absorption cross-section than U-238, so more U-238 than U-235 doesn't necessarily mean more neutrons hitting U-238 than U-235.

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