Depleted Uranium
Depleted uranium used in kinetic energy penetrators, etc. is supposed to be made from uranium enrichment tailings that have never been irradiated in a nuclear reactor, not reprocessed uranium. However, there have been claims that some depleted uranium has contained small amounts of U-236.
| Lighter: uranium-235 |
uranium-236 is an isotope of uranium |
Heavier: uranium-237 |
| Decay product of: protactinium-236 neptunium-236 plutonium-240 |
Decay chain of uranium-236 |
Decays to: thorium-232 |
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