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WEAPON-GRADE PLUTONIUM

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• WEAPON-GRADE PLUTONIUM (noun)
The noun WEAPON-GRADE PLUTONIUM has 1 sense:

1. plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits

Familiarity information: WEAPON-GRADE PLUTONIUM used as a noun is very rare.

• WEAPON-GRADE PLUTONIUM (noun)

Sense 1

weapon-grade plutonium ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

weapon-grade plutonium; weapons plutonium

Hypernyms ("weapon-grade plutonium" is a kind of...):

plutonium 239 (a highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in atomic weapons and as a reactor fuel; produced by irradiating uranium 238 with slow electrons)

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