U-238
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U-238, the most abundant naturally occurring isotope, constitutes about 99.27% of all natural uranium.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023
The remainder, mostly U-238, is left as so-called waste.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022
Enrichment basically means stripping away atoms of another isotope, called U-238.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2019
Over the course of one week, essentially all of a Tc-99m sample and none of a U-238 sample will have decayed.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The most abundant isotope, U-238, was harder to nudge toward fission than to move a recalcitrant donkey, and it responded only to fast, or highly energetic, neutrons.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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