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Uranium-235

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Meaning

Uranium-235 is an isotope of Uranium with 143 neutrons used in nuclear fission reactors.

About Uranium-235

When Uranium-235 captures a single neutron it becomes Uranium-236 which is so unstable that it immediately splits into two smaller nuclei, a process called nuclear fission.