It is found that in a certain thermal reactor fueled with


It is found that, in a certain thermal reactor, fueled with partially enriched uranium, 13% of the fission neutrons are absorbed in resonances of U238 and 3% leak out of the reactor, both while these neutrons are slowing down; 5% of the neutrons that slow down in the reactor subsequently leak out; of those slow neutrons that do not leak out, 82% are absorbed in fuel 74% of these in U235. What is the multiplication factor of this reactor?

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