Reply #85: Fission product equilibrium??? Not so. [View All]

[jpak]

There is NO fission product "equilibrium" in an operating nuclear reactor.

Without the fission of 235U they don't work. Fission products constantly accumulate in the fuel pellets until their concentrations poison the fission chain reaction.

The half-lives of 90Sr and 137Cs are ~30 years. The half-life of 239Pu is ~24,000 years.

There is no way that these fission products can decay fast enough to balance their production (the definition of equilibrium).

Pseudoscience nonsense of the highest order...