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Only 0.7% of natural uranium is "fissile", or capable of undergoing fission in a normal reactor. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear fuel cycle] Reference
I don't think the word fissile is in the speech. From Wordnik.com. [Background Briefing Nyc] Reference
The term "fissile" is used to designate materials that can sustain fission chain reactions. From Wordnik.com. [Dissident Voice] Reference
It cannot sustain a nuclear chain reaction by itself but can function with neutrons provided by outside sources, such as fissile isotopes of uranium. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
In nature, uranium occurs as a mixture of two isotopes, the easily fissionable uranium 235 (which is said to be "fissile") and the much more stable uranium 238. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
One step is to remove fissile material from warheads. From Wordnik.com. [Nukes On The Loose] Reference
This is a fissile material that's used in some nuclear bombs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2006] Reference
This package would move about half of the fissile material out of Iran. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Wald: Mohamed ElBaradei: The View From the Muslim World] Reference
He is not convinced that fissile material has not leaked outside the system. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan’s Nukes] Reference
There's a lot of nuclear know-how, scientists, laboratories, fissile (ph) materials. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 28, 2009] Reference
The resulting form of uranium soon decays into plutonium, a very potent fissile material. From Wordnik.com. [Miniature nuclear reactors might be a safe, efficient source of power] Reference
So the hardest part in that three-part equation is fissile material, and they're continuing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2008] Reference
And under the agreement, India has not agreed to limit the amount of fissile material it produces. From Wordnik.com. [India's Nukes: A Deal With 'Difficulties'] Reference
Then, says Carter, "wrap the fissile material in very thick plastic and put it back into the bunker.". From Wordnik.com. [Nukes On The Loose] Reference
But it will not be easy to persuade Pyongyang to give up the fissile material it has already produced. From Wordnik.com. [Reaching Out To Pyongyang] Reference
These are used to make the highly enriched uranium, a fissile material that's used in some nuclear weapons. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2006] Reference
But nobody was saying that they were aware of any fissile material program of fissile material present in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2003] Reference
Tehran might be able to indigenously produce enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon by later this decade. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2002] Reference
He was actively seeking weapons grade and reactor-grade fissile materials from Russia and from former Soviet states. From Wordnik.com. [After Afghanistan, What Next?] Reference
Graphite-moderated reactors can produce large amounts of fissile material and that can be used to build atomic bombs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2005] Reference
They don't believe Iran really, at this point, has the capability to even produce the nuclear fissile material anytime soon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2007] Reference
But I think on the weapons -- you know, people say if they are really moving fissile material, you can move it in a backpack. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2003] Reference
They said it would be difficult for monitors to track the large amounts of fissile material set to be produced by the reactor. From Wordnik.com. [Russians to Fuel Iranian Reactor] Reference
Russia, America's former partner in holding the line, has become a vast black market for weapons technology and fissile material. From Wordnik.com. [Ground Zero] Reference
The current crises over North Korea, Iran's nuclear program and the leakage of fissile materials from Russia are all good examples. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrogant Empire] Reference
As U.S. analysts parse the problem, to acquire a nuclear weapon you need three elements: know-how; technology; and fissile material. From Wordnik.com. [After Afghanistan, What Next?] Reference
It's more like getting the producers of fissile material, or states where it might be found, to act in the broader interest of humanity. From Wordnik.com. [Ron Suskind's Unified Theory Of Everything] Reference
By identifying unique attributes of the fissile material, including its impurities and contaminants, one could trace the path back to its origin. From Wordnik.com. [How to Keep the Bomb From Terrorists] Reference
Excerpts: NEWSWEEK: You've called for international authorities to oversee production of fissile materials -- highly enriched uranium and plutonium. From Wordnik.com. ['A Race Against Time'] Reference
He notes that Saddam's nuclear program was "tentative" and "rudimentary," with no significant efforts to produce weapons or fissile material since 1998. From Wordnik.com. [Why The War Was Right] Reference
But it reserves the right to produce unlimited fissile material, to keep its eight military reactors from any scrutiny and to build as many more as it wants. From Wordnik.com. [New Rules for Nukes] Reference
After all, slate, as defined by Microsoft's electronic encyclopedia, is "" dense, fine-grained, fissile rock '' -- a rather low-tech association for an electronic magazine. From Wordnik.com. [Sheafless In Seattle: Will This Cyber Mag Fly?] Reference
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