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Plutonium-239 Is Used as a Fuel for Some Nuclear Reactors

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Plutonium-239 is used as a fuel for some nuclear reactors and also as the fissionable material in atomic bombs. It has a half-life of 24,400 years. How long will it take 12 grams of plutonium-239 to decay to 2 grams ?
Round your answer to the nearest hundreds.


A) 31,600 years
B) 15,800 years
C) 126,200 years
D) 63,100 years
E) 63,200 years

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