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Why can't you use reprocessed plutonium in nuclear reactors?

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You can, to an extent. Let me explain, there are two types of neutrons we talk about in Nuclear Engineering: prompt neutrons and delayed neutrons. read more

Mark Laris, I have a degree in Nuclear Eng. worked at nuclear power plants for 35 years. Answered Oct 26, 2016 · Author has 1.5k answers and 1.1m answer views You can, to an extent. read more

In the end nuclear fuel must be removed from reactors while it still has a lot of fissile U235, Pu239, Pu241 (and 243 mass elements), cause there’s too much plutonium. read more

Plutonium builds up in a nuclear reactor over the lifetime of the core. Therefore, the effective delayed neutron fraction will become smaller and reactor power will change more rapidly for the same change in reactivity due to rod movement, change in temperature, etc. read more

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