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I don't understand this line in iter website. How is this reaction possible?
"When exposed to the intense flux of neutrons from the fusion reaction, the oxygen present in the water generates short-lived radioactive isotopes of nitrogen—one (isotope 16) emitting a highly energetic gamma ray, the other (isotope 17) a fast neutron."
Is the neutron knocking out an oxygen proton, then? Is that very common, or the issue is the large neutron flux?
https://www.iter.org/newsline/-/3050
I also don't understand the decay mode; here is 16N in the wiki list of nitrogen isotopes;-
16N 7 9 16.0061017(28) 7.13(2) s
β− (99.99%) 16O
β−, α (.001%) 12C
I guess displacing the oxygen proton leaves the nucleus very excited?
I'd be grateful for any insight.
"When exposed to the intense flux of neutrons from the fusion reaction, the oxygen present in the water generates short-lived radioactive isotopes of nitrogen—one (isotope 16) emitting a highly energetic gamma ray, the other (isotope 17) a fast neutron."
Is the neutron knocking out an oxygen proton, then? Is that very common, or the issue is the large neutron flux?
https://www.iter.org/newsline/-/3050
I also don't understand the decay mode; here is 16N in the wiki list of nitrogen isotopes;-
16N 7 9 16.0061017(28) 7.13(2) s
β− (99.99%) 16O
β−, α (.001%) 12C
I guess displacing the oxygen proton leaves the nucleus very excited?
I'd be grateful for any insight.
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