Breeding
 scroll 
Conversion of non-fissionable into fissionable material,
e.g. uranium-238 into plutonium-239 or thorium-232 into uranium-233.
Neutron radiation in a reactor produces uranium-239 from uranium-238
by neutron capture; uranium-239 converts into plutonium-239 following
two subsequent beta decays.
Diagrams breeding
Breeding process: Generation of
Pu-239 from U-238 |
Breeding process: Generating of
U-233 from Th-232 |
back
|
|
11 - 15 March 2018
Munich, Germany
30 September - 04 October 2018
Prague, Czech Republic |
