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Foretony: /* Uranium Oxide */

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Uranium Oxide

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Uranium Oxide

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Uranium Oxide

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Uranium Oxide

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Uranium Oxide

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Uranium Dioxide

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Uranium Dioxide

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 Idaho National Lab's mission of ensuring safe sustainable energy, the lab conducts
 research to determine the effects of this damage on the safe use of the fuel.  The image below illustrates
-a computer simulation, performed by a physics graduate student, of the damage done to uranium oxide by one such fission fragment, Xenon.
+a computer simulation by a physics graduate student of the damage done to uranium oxide by one such fission fragment, Xenon.

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 Uranium Oxide is a common fuel used by nuclear reactors to generate electricity.   Uranium releases
 energy when it splits into two ions, fission fragments, during a process known as fission.
-These ions are energetic enough to damage
+These ions are energetic enough to displace other Uranium and Oxygen atoms, causing damage
-the Uranium Oxide fuel as the fission fragment ions traverse the fuel.  As part of the
+the Uranium Oxide fuel, as the fission fragment ions traverse the fuel.  As part of the
 Idaho National Lab's mission of ensuring safe sustainable energy, the lab conducts
 research to determine the effects of this damage on the safe use of the fuel.  The image below illustrates
-a computer simulation of the damage done to uranium oxide by one such fission fragment, Xenon.
+a computer simulation, performed by a physics graduate student, of the damage done to uranium oxide by one such fission fragment, Xenon.

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 =Uranium Oxide=
-Uranium Oxide is a common fuel used for generating power in nuclear reactors.   Uranium releases
+Uranium Oxide is a common fuel used by nuclear reactors to generate electricity.   Uranium releases
-energy when it splits into two ions known as fission fragments during a process known as fission.
+energy when it splits into two ions, fission fragments, during a process known as fission.
 These ions are energetic enough to damage
 the Uranium Oxide fuel as the fission fragment ions traverse the fuel.  As part of the

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 =Uranium Oxide=
-Uranium Oxide is a common fuel used for generating power in nuclear reactors.   During fission, Uranium
+Uranium Oxide is a common fuel used for generating power in nuclear reactors.   Uranium releases
-will split into two ions known as fission fragments.  These ions are energetic enough to cause damage to
+energy when it splits into two ions known as fission fragments during a process known as fission.
-the Uranium Oxide fuel as they traverse it.   One component of the Idaho National Lab's mission is
+These ions are energetic enough to damage

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−	Uranium Oxide is a common fuel used for generating power in nuclear reactors.	+	Uranium Oxide is a common fuel used for generating power in nuclear reactors. During fission, Uranium
		+	will split into two ions known as fission fragments. These ions are energetic enough to cause damage to
		+	the Uranium Oxide fuel as they traverse it. One component of the Idaho National Lab's mission is

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-=Uranium Dioxide=
+=Uranium Oxide=
 Uranium Oxide is a common fuel used for generating power in nuclear reactors.

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-|An Uranium Oxide lattice structure ||
+|An Uranium Oxide lattice structure || A typical damage shower within Uranium Oxide.  The blue track near the bottom is the initial entrance of the Xenon within the material.  The yellow dots are sites where lattices are located after collision between atoms occur.  The initial energy of the Xenon was 100MeV, which typically results in around 200,000 or more vacancies.
 |}