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Engineering and GATE · Mechanical Engineering · question 97

Q97

Enriched uranium may contain fissionable contents of the order of

A.
1-99%
Answer
B.
1-25%
C.
1-50%
D.
1-75%

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Natural uranium is 99.284% 238U isotope, with 235U only constituting about 0.711% of its mass. 235U is the only nuclide existing in nature (in any appreciable amount) that is fissile with thermal neutrons.