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📅 NSB Round Robin 2018🎓 HS🔄 Round 14#️⃣ Question 11🌟 Bonus✍️ Short Answer

There is significant interest in thorium as a next-generation fuel for nuclear fission reactors. Identify all of the following three statements that are true regarding thorium: 1) Thorium can be found in nature as one nonfissile isotope; 2) Thorium-232 can undergo neutron capture; 3) Thorium-232 is radioactive with a half-life of 21 minutes.

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