plutonium
84
9.4
- noun
- /pluˈtoʊniəm/
- Specialized
:
plutonio
- The Iraq reactor can produce plutonium, but there are simple solutions to that.
- weapons-grade plutonium
- plutonium bomb
- reactor-grade plutonium
They put in those terms to be able to recycle plutonium into new fuel.
- They put in those terms to be able to recycle plutonium into new fuel.
- And then the second thing that we learned is that there's plutonium and it was stolen.
- If they produce more plutonium than they consume, they are called fast breeder reactors.
- They told them those parts that they bought were not for purifying uranium or plutonium.
- And they were all like, what the hell, Like he had been irradiated with plutonium.
- They used enriched uranium or plutonium, and their energy was essentially entirely derived from fission reactions.
- And there's a plant in Texas that does this, which itself is like a major target because it has all the dismantled plutonium and uranium course.
- If I watch plutonium, does that mean it won't decay?
- It's like it's, it's, it's plutonium, you know, it's insane how much of gain it is.
- So with this plutonium, it's casually and then just move along, like just eat.
Examples
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Helping an arms dealer steal weapons-grade plutonium is unacceptable, Priya.
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The handling of plutonium requires strict safety protocols due to its radioactive properties.
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Even kids know a single drop of plutonium could poison an entire lake.
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Your objective is to make sure the plutonium is returned safely to our base.
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Imagine what 10 of them will do, with a core of weapons-grade plutonium.
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By the early 1990s, India had extensive nuclear facilities that could produce and reprocess plutonium for nuclear weapons.
Academic text (1999) -
Thus, the source of the bomb's plutonium and the probable rate of plutonium production were now understood.
Academic text (1996) -
The evidence that Joe-1 was a plutonium bomb remained classified Top Secret for more than a dozen years.
Academic text (1996) -
On-site analysis of the radioactive material also hinted that the plutonium was produced during Hanford's early years.
Academic text (2011) -
They used enriched uranium or plutonium, and their energy was essentially entirely derived from fission reactions.
Synonyms
4
9.8
A chemical symbol for plutonium, a radioactive metal used for nuclear fuel and weapons
Compounds
- Specialized
3
9.5
A very pure form of the radioactive metal plutonium used to make nuclear weapons
- Specialized
1
7.2
A very powerful bomb that uses plutonium to make a huge nuclear explosion
- Specialized
1
9.9
A metal sphere with plutonium that starts a nuclear explosion when squeezed by explosives
- Specialized
A small metal device that holds plutonium and starts a nuclear explosion when explosives squeeze it
- Specialized
A radioactive metal used as fuel in nuclear reactors and to make nuclear weapons
- Specialized
Plutonium taken from old nuclear bombs that can be used to make new weapons
How Energy-Rich
- Specialized
84
9.4
- Specialized
2
7.2
- Specialized
17
4.6
- Specialized
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2
8.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word plutonium is named after the distant planet Pluto, because scientists named new elements after planets and this one was discovered after neptunium, just like Pluto comes after Neptune. Pluto is also the Roman god of the 'underworld', so the name gives the idea of something heavy, hidden, and dangerous, which helps explain why plutonium is a powerful, radioactive metal.