Enum: FissileIsotopeEnum

Fissile isotopes used in nuclear fuel

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
URANIUM_233	None	Fissile isotope produced from thorium
URANIUM_235	None	Naturally occurring fissile uranium isotope
PLUTONIUM_239	None	Fissile plutonium isotope from U-238 breeding
PLUTONIUM_241	None	Fissile plutonium isotope with short half-life

Slots

Name	Description
fissile_material	Fissile isotope used in nuclear fuel

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: FissileIsotopeEnum
description: Fissile isotopes used in nuclear fuel
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  URANIUM_233:
    text: URANIUM_233
    description: Fissile isotope produced from thorium
    annotations:
      mass_number:
        tag: mass_number
        value: 233
      half_life:
        tag: half_life
        value: 159,200 years
      thermal_fission:
        tag: thermal_fission
        value: true
      breeding_from:
        tag: breeding_from
        value: Th-232
    title: Uranium-233
    aliases:
    - U-233
  URANIUM_235:
    text: URANIUM_235
    description: Naturally occurring fissile uranium isotope
    annotations:
      mass_number:
        tag: mass_number
        value: 235
      half_life:
        tag: half_life
        value: 703,800,000 years
      natural_abundance:
        tag: natural_abundance
        value: 0.711%
      thermal_fission:
        tag: thermal_fission
        value: true
    title: Uranium-235
    aliases:
    - U-235
  PLUTONIUM_239:
    text: PLUTONIUM_239
    description: Fissile plutonium isotope from U-238 breeding
    annotations:
      mass_number:
        tag: mass_number
        value: 239
      half_life:
        tag: half_life
        value: 24,110 years
      thermal_fission:
        tag: thermal_fission
        value: true
      breeding_from:
        tag: breeding_from
        value: U-238
    title: Plutonium-239
    aliases:
    - Pu-239
  PLUTONIUM_241:
    text: PLUTONIUM_241
    description: Fissile plutonium isotope with short half-life
    annotations:
      mass_number:
        tag: mass_number
        value: 241
      half_life:
        tag: half_life
        value: 14.3 years
      thermal_fission:
        tag: thermal_fission
        value: true
      decay_product:
        tag: decay_product
        value: Am-241
    title: Plutonium-241
    aliases:
    - Pu-241