Since the German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth identified uranium in 1789, atomic number 92 has become one of the most troubling substances on the planet. It’s naturally radioactive, but its isotope uranium-235 also happens to be fissile, as Nazi nuclear chemists learned in 1938, when they did the impossible and split a uranium nucleus in two.
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All About Uranium
Published July 5, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: atomic, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, nuclear fuel, radioactive, science, uranium, uranium-235