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What naturally accurring radioisotope is used as the fuel for a nuclear reactor

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Uranium is the naturally accurring radioisotope is used as the fuel for a nuclear reactor.

It is mildly radioactive and the only element with a naturally-occurring fissile isotope.

The isotope is Uranium-235.
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