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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Why can't free neutrons be used indefinitely to initiate fission?

OpenStudy (farcher):

Free neutrons have a finite half life of 10.3 minutes but are stable when bound inside a nucleus. They decay to a proton, negative electron and an anti neutrino.

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