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nonfissile - not fissile

fissile - capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; "fissile crystals"; "fissile wood"

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All the examined nonfissile materials, even when considered of 0.1 cm thickness, were found to be able to provide a strong reduction of the reference thermal neutron component.

Preliminary Selection of Device Materials to Locally Transform Thermal into SFR Neutron Spectrum

(6) Plutonium that contains at least 20 percent of the nonfissile isotopes Pu-240Reactor-grade plutonium is 65% fissile (by thermal neutrons) compared with 93% fissile for weapon-grade material.

Japan's nuclear future: policy debate, prospects, and U.S. interests

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