Talk:Uranium-236

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makes up a large proportion

The article says, about Pu240: makes up a large proportion. I suspect it depends on what you are measuring relative to. As far as I know, the proportion is actually small, but the large spontaneous fission rate makes it seem large to bomb designers. Gah4 (talk) 23:37, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fissile or non-fissile?

Here it is called non-fissile, in the plutonium-238 article it seems tp be fissile?

In the text Plutonium-283 is called non-fissile, however, the Plutonium-238 article calls it fissile ? Geertchaos (talk) 10:32, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch. ²³⁸
Pu is not fissile, and indeed the given reference did not support that claim whereas others clearly state the contrary. Both articles are now consistent and correct on that. ^Complex/_Rational 12:50, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Percentages not correct

"About 85.5% of the time, it will fission; about 15.5% of the time, it will not fission, ..." Please, these add up to 101%! 103.166.228.86 (talk) 04:44, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Nucleus hydro elemon (talk) 13:34, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! 103.166.228.86 (talk) 09:07, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]