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Engineering and GATE · Mechanical Engineering · question 109

Q109

Plutonium (Pu239) is produced

A.
Artificially
B.
By fission of Th232
C.
When U238 is irradiated by neutrons
Answer
D.
As basic raw material

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Plutonium is made from U238.
Pu239 is normally created in nuclear reactors by transmutation of individual atoms of one of the isotopes of uranium present in the fuel rods.