The isotope of uranium used in atomic reactors is
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Most nuclear power plants in the US use U-235 as their fuel. U-235 is the most common isotope for nuclear fuel.
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Uranium-235 (235U) is an isotope of uranium making up about 0.72% of natural uranium. Unlike the predominant isotope uranium-238, it is fissile, i.e., it can sustain a fission chain reaction. It is the only fissile isotope that is primordial and found in relatively significant quantities in nature.
Parent isotopes: 235Pa; 235Np; 239Pu
Name, symbol: Uranium-235,235U
Isotope mass: 235.0439299 u
Neutrons: 143
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