Which one of the following isotopes of Uranium is fissile material and can be used for nuclear reactions?
Uranium-235 is the only naturally occurring fissile isotope, meaning it can sustain a chain reaction with slow or thermal neutrons, and it forms about 0.72 percent of…
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Which one of the following isotopes of Uranium is fissile material and can be used for nuclear reactions?
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Uranium-235 is the only naturally occurring fissile isotope, meaning it can sustain a chain reaction with slow or thermal neutrons, and it forms about 0.72 percent of natural uranium. U-238 is fertile rather than fissile, since it captures a neutron and is converted to plutonium-239.
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