Thanks ASAP please Look at the^298_92 U reaction for a breeder reactor.^298_92 U

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Look at the^298_92 U reaction for a breeder reactor.^298_92 U +^1_0 n rightarrow^298_93 Np +^0_2 e rightarrow^298_92 Pu +^9_1 e Which statement about this reaction on is not correct? This reaction is alpha 'breeder' reaction because it procures. One major concur with this breeder reaction is that it produces radioactive material with a large half-life. This chain reaction has a total of two fissionable isotopes. One advantage of breeder reactors is that the fissionable materials are more completely consumed.

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The correct option is c - This chain reaction has a total of two fissionable isotopes.

This statement is not true, because only Pu is fissonable while U and Np are not fissonable. Therefore we can say this chain reaction has a total of one fissionabole isotope.

All other statements are true.

Given reaction is a breeder reaction

Half life of Pu produced in the chain reaction is 2.44 x 104 years.

Breeder utilises much greater percentage of the initial fissionable material, and with re-processing, it can almost use whole of the initial fissionable material taken.

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