uranium 238

Definitions of uranium 238
  1. noun
    the commonest isotope of uranium; it is not fissionable but when irradiated with neutrons it produces fissionable plutonium 239
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    U, atomic number 92, uranium
    a heavy, silvery-white, highly radioactive metallic element used for nuclear fuel and weapons
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