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• Burnup — In nuclear power technology, burnup is a measure of the neutron irradiation of the fuel. It is normally quoted in megawatt–days per metric ton of uranium metal or its equivalent (MWd/MTU), or gigawatt–days/MTU (GWd/MT). One GW is 1,000 MW; 1… …   Wikipedia

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• Samarium-151 — SimpleNuclide|Samarium|151 is a radioisotope of samarium with a half life of 90 years, undergoing low energy beta decay, and has a fission product yield of 0.4203% for thermal neutrons and U 235, about 39% of Sm 149 s yield. The yield is somewhat …   Wikipedia