PLUTONIUM
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It's a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239
It's 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
It's a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
It's a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
It's a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
Plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits
Plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits
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