What makes Uranium-235 ideal for nuclear fission? Why not use another element all together?
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Uranium has a lot of advantages. Uranium is common. It looks like any ordinary solid metal and doesn’t require any special measures to store, transport and transform. Uranium-235 is AFAIK the only fissile isotope that occurs naturally. The fission of Uranium produces Plutonium which in turn can be used in all sorts of cool things like going back in time with a DeLorean.
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