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📅 NSB Regional 2016🎓 HS🔄 Round 14#️⃣ Question 2🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

Uranium-235 and plutonium-239 can be used as fuel in a reactor because they are fissile. Uranium-238, the most abundant form of natural uranium, is NOT fissile, but can be converted to plutonium by absorbing neutrons. What term describes material that can be converted to fuel in this way?

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