Q.

The fuel in atomic pile is -

A. carbon
B. sodium
C. petroleum
D. uranium
Answer» D. uranium
Explanation: In the pile, the neutron-producing uranium pellets were separated from one another by graphite blocks. Some of the free neutrons produced by the natural decay of uranium would be absorbed by other uranium atoms, causing nuclear fission of those atoms and the release of additional free neutrons.
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