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The 24 pages that link to Uranium-238, each with the reason it gives.

• Nuclear stabilityBroader topic: It demonstrates that very heavy nuclei can persist for billions of years yet remain unstable.

• Uranium-235Compared with: Its greater abundance and different neutron behavior contrast with uranium-235.

• UraniumBroader topic: It is not readily fissile with slow neutrons but can breed plutonium-239.

• Enrichment of uraniumRelated: It is the principal isotope from which uranium-235 must be separated.

• Nuclear fuelBroader topic: It can capture neutrons in a reactor and contribute to later fuel production.

• RadonRelated: Its decay chain produces radium-226 and ultimately radon-222.

• Spontaneous fissionBroader topic: It can undergo spontaneous fission, though alpha decay is far more frequent.

• Plutonium-239Related: Neutron capture by uranium-238 initiates the reactor pathway that produces plutonium-239.

• Spent nuclear fuelRelated: Neutron capture transforms some of this abundant fuel constituent into plutonium.

• Uranium hexafluorideRelated: Its UF₆ molecules are slightly heavier and tend to separate from uranium-235-bearing molecules.

• Thorium fuel cycleCompared with: Like thorium-232, it is fertile, but its capture chain produces plutonium rather than uranium-233.

• Fissile materialCompared with: It can fission with sufficiently energetic neutrons, but does not meet the low-energy fissile criterion.

• Uranium-series datingRelated: Its decay chain supplies the uranium-series isotopes used in many age calculations.

• Mixed oxide fuelRelated: It forms most of the uranium oxide and can breed additional fissile plutonium in a reactor.

• GeoneutrinoRelated: Its decay chain produces a major share of Earth’s detectable geoneutrinos.

• Radiogenic heatBroader topic: Its decay chain has generated heat throughout much of Earth’s history.

• Depleted uraniumRelated: It makes up most depleted uranium and contributes to its high density.

• NeptuniumRelated: Its neutron-capture chain is a major route to neptunium-239.

• PitchblendeBroader topic: Its long decay chain supplies many radioactive daughter products found in uranium ores.

• Breeder reactorRelated: Breeders can turn this abundant isotope into plutonium-239.

• Uranium dioxideRelated: It makes up most uranium in ordinary UO₂ fuel and can capture neutrons to form plutonium.

• Earth's internal heat budgetBroader topic: Its decay chain contributes radiogenic heat over billions of years.

• Isotopes of uraniumBroader topic: Its abundance and neutron capture underpin breeding and uranium-series dating.

• Primordial nuclideBroader topic: Its half-life is comparable to Earth’s age, allowing substantial primordial uranium-238 to remain.