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Engineering and GATE · Mechanical Engineering · question 108

Q108

Plutonium (Pu239) is produced

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

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
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.