Consider two nuclei of the same radioactive nuclide. One of the nuclei was created in a supernova explosion $5$ billion years ago. The other was created in a nuclear reactor $5$ minutes ago. The probability of decay during the next time is
Consider two nuclei of the same radioactive nuclide. One of the nuclei was created in a supernova explosion $5$ billion years ago. The other was created in a nuclear reactor $5$ minutes ago. The probability of decay during the next time is
- A
Different for each nuclei
- B
Nuclei created in explosion decays first
- C
Nuclei created in the reactor decays first
- D
Independent of the time of creation
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