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Where do humans get the nuclear energy?

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Nuclear energy, ultimately, comes from the Sun. If you are talking about nuclear energy and weapons as currently available, we get Uranium from the Earth, as it is a naturally occurring element and refine it from 238U to 235U, making it more fissile. Other fissile elements, such as 239Pu come from reactors, so the 235U, comes first.

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