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Glossary Atomic Weapons / Term

Fissile Isotope

Isotopes whose nuclei may be split by neutrons moving at various speeds and therefore fission very easily. Uranium-233, Uranium-235, and Plutonium-239 are all fissile isotopes. Fissile isotopes typically undergo fission more easily than other fissionable isotopes.

See Fission.

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