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18%[edit]

Is there a reference for the 18%? There is discussion in Uranium-235 about it, and a {{cn}}, too. Gah4 (talk) 19:47, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

makes up a large proportion[edit]

The article says, about Pu240: makes up a large proportion. I suspect it depends on what you are measuring relative to. As far as I know, the proportion is actually small, but the large spontaneous fission rate makes it seem large to bomb designers. Gah4 (talk) 23:37, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fissile or non-fissile?[edit]

Here it is called non-fissile, in the plutonium-238 article it seems tp be fissile?

In the text Plutonium-283 is called non-fissile, however, the Plutonium-238 article calls it fissile ? Geertchaos (talk) 10:32, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch. ²³⁸
Pu is not fissile, and indeed the given reference did not support that claim whereas others clearly state the contrary. Both articles are now consistent and correct on that. ^Complex/_Rational 12:50, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]