Natural uranium

Natural uranium
  Uranium with the U-235 isotope present at a concentration of 0.711 percent (by weight), that is, uranium with its isotopic content exactly as it is found in nature.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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