URANIUM-235

a heavy, silvery white metal that is one particular form of the element uranium. An element (in chemistry) is one of the basic substances that cannot be broken down into more fundamental substances such as gold, silver or iron. Uranium is the heaviest element found on earth and is different from many other elements. Because it is naturally in an unstable state and is continually decaying at a minute level, it emits rays of harmful energy. This action, the natural production of harmful rays of energy, is called radioactivity. Uranium-235 is the type of uranium which is used in atomic bombs, powering submarines and other devices. They say they're, "...abandoning the production units of uranium-235," and then the following sentence is added on to this. -A Summary of Study (4 Aug. 64)