Uranium-236 is an isotope of uranium that is neither fissile with thermal neutrons, nor very good fertile material, but is generally considered a nuisance and long-lived radioactive waste. It is found in spent nuclear fuel and in the reprocessed uranium made from spent nuclear fuel.
| Actinides | Half-life | Fission products | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cm | Puƒ | Cf | Ac№ | 10–22 y | m is meta |
Kr | Cd₡ | |||
| Uƒ | Pu | Cmƒ | 29–90 y | Cs | Sr | Sm₡ | Sn | |||
| ƒ for fissile |
Cfƒ | Amƒ | Cfƒ | 140 y – 1.6 ky |
No fission products |
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| Am | Ra№ | Bk | ||||||||
| Pu | Th | Cm | Am | 5–7 ky | ||||||
| 4n | Cmƒ | Cm | Puƒ | 8–24 ky | ||||||
| Npƒ | Uƒ | Th№ | Pa№ | 32–160 ky | ||||||
| Cm | 4n+1 | U№ | 211–348 ky | Tc | ₡ can capture | Sn | Se | |||
| U | Np | Pu | Cmƒ | 0.37–23 My | Cs₡ | Zr | Pd | I | ||
| Pu | № for NORM |
4n+2 | 4n+3 | 80 My | 6-7% | 4-5% | 1.25% | 0.1-1% | <0.05% | |
| Th№ | U№ | Uƒ№ | 0.7–14 Gy | fission product yield | ||||||
Read more about Uranium-236: Creation and Yield, Destruction and Decay, Difficulty of Separation, Contribution To Radioactivity of Reprocessed Uranium, Depleted Uranium, See Also