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Nuclear Power Questions. Physics 1303. What’s an isotope?. Half-life. The half-life of Pu-239 is 24,000 years. If a sample of PU-239 emits 16 million alpha particle per second, how long will it take for the emission to drop to 1 million alpha particle per second?.
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Nuclear Power Questions Physics 1303
Half-life • The half-life of Pu-239 is 24,000 years. • If a sample of PU-239 emits 16 million alpha particle per second, how long will it take for the emission to drop to 1 million alpha particle per second?
What is the difference between radioactive decay and fission?