03-24-2003, 09:52 AM
Your Japanes reactors must be pretty screwed then. The whole point of a nuclear reactor is to be a place where Uranium or Plutonium atoms can be blown apart in a barely contained nuclear bomb. Any reactor could 'meltdown.' But perhaps Japanese reactors don't produce weapons grade stuff.
U238 is the name of the Uranium isotope with a mass no. 238. Uranium has 92 protons in its nucleus, plus 146 neutrons. Uranium also has two other isotopes - U235 (the actual fuel of a reactor) and U234, each with a smaller number of neutrons.
U238 is the name of the Uranium isotope with a mass no. 238. Uranium has 92 protons in its nucleus, plus 146 neutrons. Uranium also has two other isotopes - U235 (the actual fuel of a reactor) and U234, each with a smaller number of neutrons.