Nuclear Energy Applications
In a fission nuclear reactor, uranium-238 can be used to breed Pu-239, which itself can be used in a nuclear weapon or as a nuclear-reactor fuel supply. In fact, in a typical nuclear reactor, up to one-third of the generated power does come from the fission of Pu-239, which is not supplied as a fuel to the reactor, but rather, produced from 238U.
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