natural uranium

English

Noun

natural uranium (uncountable)

  2. Uranium composed of the same ratio of isotopes as found in nature: 0.7% uranium-235, 99.3% uranium-238, and trace quantities of uranium-234.
    Alternative form: NU
    Hypernym: uranium
    Coordinate terms: enriched uranium; LEU, low-enriched uranium, SEU, slightly enriched uranium, HEU, highly enriched uranium; DU, depleted uranium
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