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Nuclear enrichment
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Enriched uranium
Enriched uranium
is a type of
uranium
in which the percent composition of
uranium-235
has been increased through the process of
isotope separation
.
Natural uranium
is 99.284%
238
U
isotope
, with
235
U only constituting about 0.711% of its weight.
235
U is the only
nuclide existing in nature
(in any appreciable amount) that is
fissile
with
thermal neutrons
.
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