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Uranium is a radioactive element; the isotope 235 is fissile with thermal neutrons; the isotope 238 is not so fissile but is fertile (transformation in the fissile isotope plutonium 239).

Consequently, uranium is a good nuclear fuel and also can be used in nuclear weapons.

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