Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321910419
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-041-7

Chapter 21 - Nuclear Chemistry - Exercises - Page 949: 21.57a

Answer

Characteristics ii and iv are required to fuel to be used in a nuclear power plant.

Work Step by Step

For an isotope to be used as a fuel in a nuclear power reactor, it must release two or more neutrons upon decay and it must also undergo fission upon absorbing a neutron.
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