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1. An apparatus for producing reaction-product nuclei from reactant nuclei, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of reactant nuclei and a plurality of moderating nuclei wherein the moderating nuclei comprise nuclei of atoms that are chosen from a group consisting of deuterium, tritium, helium-4, lithium-7, beryllium, boron-11, carbon, nitrogen-15, oxygen, fluorine, neon-20 and neon-22; and a neutron source that is neither a nuclear reactor nor a subcritical assembly, in proximity to the reactant nuclei sufficient to produce reaction-product nuclei by neutron capture; wherein the reactant nuclei comprise molybdenum-98; wherein the rate of molybdenum-98 nuclei neutron capture divided by the rate of the neutron source's neutron production is greater than approximately 1%; wherein the mass of molybdenum-98 is less than approximately 1000 kg; and wherein the mass of moderating nuclei is at least 1 kg. |