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What happens when uranium-238 absorbs a neutron?A. It is converted into large amounts of energy.B. It becomes plutonium-238.C. It becomes plutonium-239.D. It becomes uranium-235.
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What happens when uranium-238 absorbs a neutron?A. It is converted into large amounts of energy.B. It becomes plutonium-238.C. It becomes plutonium-239.D. It becomes uranium-235.

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C. It becomes plutonium-239

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Absorption of a neutron in the uranium-238 nucleus yields uranium-239, which decays after 23.47 minutes through electron emission into neptunium-239 and ultimately, after 2.356 days, into plutonium-239.

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