An approximate description of the Oklo uranium deposit is 90% uraninite (UO 2 ) by mass, saturated

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An approximate description of the Oklo uranium deposit is 90% uraninite (UO2) by mass, saturated with water that acted as the moderator. Assume that the Oklo deposit was homogeneously saturated with water with a ratio of 3.5 uranium nuclei per water molecule and compute the minimum enrichment (235U/238U) needed to sustain a fission reaction. You can ignore the moderating effect of the extra oxygen in the uraninite (it is negligible). You can also ignore the neutron-absorption cross section of the oxygen in the uraninite and of any other material in the deposit except for the water.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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