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Enriched uranium may contain fissionable contents of the order of

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Enriched uranium may contain fissionable contents of the order of

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Natural uranium is 99.284% 238U isotope, with 235U only constituting about 0.711% of its mass. 235U is the only nuclide existing in nature (in any appreciable amount) that is fissile with thermal neutrons.
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