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US
/pɫuˈtoʊniəm/
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[ UK /pluːtˈəʊniəm/ ]
[ UK /pluːtˈəʊniəm/ ]
NOUN
- 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
How To Use plutonium In A Sentence
- The waste from a defunct reactor is full of plutonium, a highly toxic metal used as the explosive in atomic bombs.
- In addition to information about glassified waste from national defense projects, such as plutonium production at Hanford, DOE also is interested in information that could be useful if the nation decides to reprocess commercial nuclear fuel and then glassify the waste from reprocessing. The Seattle Times
- How big is a plutonium cube of 6 microns on a side?
- The waste from a defunct reactor is full of plutonium, a highly toxic metal used as the explosive in atomic bombs.
- There are strange out-takes from 1960s documentaries on plutonium waste-disposal and magnetism.
- The country will start building a nuclear reactor in June that can produce weapons-grade plutonium, diplomats said Wednesday.
- The Conference on Disarmament is seeking to start formal negotiations on banning production of fissile materials such as weapons-grade plutonium and uranium.
- The University of Southampton used mass spectrometry to probe samples for plutonium, radium and caesium.
- The nitric acid solution is then mixed with an organic solvent and the uranium and plutonium are separated from the waste products.
- Plutonium is very dense.
