Radiation safety and nuclear energy

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Question 25
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When a plutonium-239 (239Pu^{239}\text{Pu}239Pu) nucleus absorbs a neutron, it can undergo nuclear fission and split into smaller parts.

How many daughter nuclei are typically produced from the fission of one nucleus of plutonium-239?

one

two

three

four

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