A novel form of uranium oxide (U3Og, density 8.5) is being considered for use as fuel for a research reactor. In this application, the uranium is enriched to 8.0 atom % 235U, and the remainder is 238U. The oxygen is pure 160. You may assume that. The atomic number of uranium is 92, and of oxygen is 8. The following table lists some of the relevant cross sections. Scattering, absorption and fission cross sections for thermal neutrons Isotopes, (b) sa (b) Sf (b) 235U0 99.3 587 23811 95 2 73 1.18x10

A novel form of uranium oxide (U3Og, density 8.5) is being considered for use as fuel for a research reactor. In this application, the uranium is enriched to 8.0 atom % 235U, and the remainder is 238U. The oxygen is pure 160. You may assume that. The atomic number of uranium is 92, and of oxygen is 8. The following table lists some of the relevant cross sections. Scattering, absorption and fission cross sections for thermal neutrons Isotopes, (b) sa (b) Sf (b) 235U0 99.3 587 23811 95 2 73 1.18x10

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