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Bookmark or Share- What Is Enriched Uranium? | Science| Smithsonian MagazineWhat Is Enriched Uranium? Naturally occurring uranium doesn’t have enough of the fissile isotope U-235 to set off a nuclear reaction, but scientists found ways to...
- Enrichment of uranium - World Nuclear AssociationMost of the about 500 commercial nuclear power reactors operating or under construction in the world today require uranium 'enriched' in the U-235 isotope for their fuel. The commercial process employed for this enrichment involves gaseous uranium in centrifuges. A process based on laser excitation is under development.
- Enriched uranium - WikipediaEnriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 (written 235 U) has been increased through the process of isotope separation. Naturally occurring uranium is composed of three major isotopes: uranium-238 ( 238 U with 99.2739–99.2752% natural abundance ), uranium-235 ( 235 U, 0.7198–0.7202%), and uranium ...
- How Is Uranium Enriched? | Live ScienceUranium enrichment is one of the key steps in building nuclear weapons. Only a certain type of uranium works in nuclear reactors and bombs. Separating that type of uranium from the more common ...
- Uranium Enrichment | Nuclear Threat InitiativeUranium enriched to concentrations above 0.7% but less than 20% uranium-235 is defined as low enriched uranium (LEU). Most civil and commercial nuclear reactors use LEU that is about 3-5% uranium-235. Uranium enriched to more than 20% uranium-235 is defined as highly enriched uranium (HEU).
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