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Fissile material

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000794

Material that can be caused to undergo atomic fission when bombarded by neutrons. The most important fissionable materials are uranium-235, plutonium-239, and uranium-233.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000794
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000794",
  "term": "Fissile material",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "Material that can be caused to undergo atomic fission when bombarded by neutrons. The most important fissionable materials are uranium-235, plutonium-239, and uranium-233.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/fissile-material/"
}

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