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- adjective (Physics) not capable of undergoing fission{4}; -- of atoms or chemical elements. Opposite of
fissionable .
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- adjective Not
fissionable
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- adjective not capable of undergoing fission
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ninety-five percent of a spent fuel rod is plain old U-238, the nonfissionable variety that exists in granite tabletops, stone buildings and the coal burned in coal plants to generate electricity.
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In 1940 Urey was put in charge of separating out fissionable uranium-235 from nonfissionable uranium-238.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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In 1940 Urey was put in charge of separating out fissionable uranium-235 from nonfissionable uranium-238.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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The pile feeds on slugs of Uranium-238, which is nonfissionable.
Tom Swift Jr And His Giant Robot Sklar, Richard 1954
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Ninety-five percent of a spent fuel rod is plain old U-238, the nonfissionable variety that exists in granite tabletops, stone buildings and the coal burned in coal plants to generate electricity.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Tamara N. Holder 2010
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Unfortunately, the illusion feeds on misconceived sales talk by some nuclear experts who extol the reactors which transform fertile but nonfissionable material into fissionable fuel as the breeders that "produce more fuel than they consume". [
Energy and economic myths (historical) Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen 2007
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