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In nuclear engineering, a fissile material is one that is capable of sustaining a chain reaction of nuclear fission.

All known fissile materials are capable of sustaining a chain reaction in which either thermal or slow neutrons or fast neutrons predominate. That is, they can all be used to fuel:

A thermal reactor, with a neutron moderator
A fast reactor, with no moderator
A nuclear explosive

"Fissile" is distinguished from "fissionable". "Fissionable" are any materials with atoms that can undergo nuclear fission. "Fissile" is defined to be materials that are fissionable by neutrons with zero kinetic energy. "Fissile" thus, is more restrictive than "fissionable" — although all fissile materials are fissionable, not all fissionable materials are fissile. Some authorities even restrict the term fissionable to mean only non-fissile materials.

Notably, uranium-238 is fissionable but not fissile. Fast fission of uranium-238 in the third stage of the fission-fusion-fission weapons contributes greatly to their yield and fallout. Fast fission of uranium-238 also makes a significant contribution to the power output of some fast breeder reactors. However, uranium-238 on its own cannot achieve criticality, so these uses are both dependent on there being fissile material present to sustain the chain reaction.

The three most important fissile materials are:

All these have been used successfully as nuclear fuelss. Plutonium-241 is also fissile and also occurs during reactor operation as is created from Plutonium-240 by neutron capture.

Fissile nuclides do not have a 100% chance of fissioning on absorption of a neutron. The chance is dependent on the nuclide as well as neutron energy.

To be a useful fuel for nuclear fission chain reactions, the material must:

Be in the region of the binding energy curve where a fission chain reaction is possible (i.e. above radium)
Have a high probability of fission on neutron capture
Release two or more neutrons on average per neutron capture (which means an even higher number on each fission, to compensate for nonfissions)
Have a reasonably long half life
Be available in suitable quantities

Fissile materials may be further categorized:

Fissile Class I: no controls
Fissile Class II: limits on amount of materials shipped
Fissile Class III: special shipping arrangements are needed