Uranium
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 Uranium  (chemical element, poison)   | |
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Uranium is a naturally occurring radioactive chemical element.
Isotopes
Uranium in nature is about 99.3% uranium 238 and around 0.7% uranium 235. The former is less useful for nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
Depleted uranium
- Full article: Depleted uranium
- Full article: Depleted uranium
Depleted uranium, a.k.a. uranium 238, is a waste product of the enrichment process which concentrates the uranium 235. This posed a disposal problem for the nuclear industry until it was repurposed to make projectiles or for armor plating.
An example
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| Depleted uranium | Depleted uranium is a toxic substance that better had been prohibited by international treaties decades ago, but American generals don't want to give up this capability. |
