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Fertile material

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000775

Material that is not itself fissionable by thermal neutrons but can be converted to fissile material by irradiation. The two principal fertile materials are uranium-238 andthorium-232.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000775
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000775",
  "term": "Fertile material",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "Material that is not itself fissionable by thermal neutrons but can be converted to fissile material by irradiation. The two principal fertile materials are uranium-238 andthorium-232.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/fertile-material/"
}

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