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uranium-235 atom absorbs a bombarding neutron, causing its nucleus to split apart into two atoms of lighter mass. At the same time, the fission reaction releases thermal and radiant energy, as well as releasing more neutrons. The newly released neutrons go on to bombard other uranium atoms, and the process repeats itself over and over.
When Uranium, atomic number 92, loses a proton, it is no longer uranium. It is Protactinium, atomic number 91. When it loses another proton, it becomes thorium, Atomic number 90. As the big, unstable atoms decay into smaller atoms, they shoot off high speed particles of various kinds, plus radioactive energy. The process of decay proceeds step by step at a definite rate. After 4.5 billion years, half a supply of radioactive uranium has decayed into a type of lead, whose atomic number is 82.