To make fuel rods for nuclear reactors
what element is used to build missiles
Uranium is used
Uranium is an element
Yes, Uranium is an element.
The question should not be, what element, but what isotope. Several easily fissible isotopes are used, such as Uranium-235. But note that the element Uranium as such is not usable - only that specific isotope.
Plutonium I think.
Uranium
Uranium.
Uranium
Uranium and plutonium are both actinides that are used in nuclear reactors.
Uranium is enriched in the isotope uranium-235, producing uranium-238 as waste.
Uranium is an actinoid series element.