I wrote:
> So, for 29% of the total energy from the pellet roughly 40 g of material > would be transmuted. I think. > I mean 40 mg. Of uranium. I do not know how much Ni we are talking about. Perhaps, as Axil suggests, it varies with the design of the reactor. My point is, there is a lot. Nuclear changes in the fuel are easily detected with conventional fission. - Jed
