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Outline the method of converting non-fissible Uranium -238 into fissible Plutonium-239.

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`._(92)^(238) U +n rarr_(92)^(239)U rarr_(93)^(239)Np+e^(-)+ barv`
`._(93)^(239)Np rarr_(94)^(239)Pu+e^(-)+barv`
Where `._(94)^(239)Pu` undergoes fission with slow neutrons.
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