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...14, 21, 22, and 31 kt by exchanging the plutonium pits; it also contained uranium. Mark 4 was the first weapon made on an assembly line rather than by hand. ...gh explosive] detonated on impact, scattering nearly 100 pounds (45 kg) of uranium. Its plutonium pit remained aboard the aircraft, which later landed safely

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...atrium reactor''' is a [[Fast neutron reactor|Fast Neutron Reactor]] using uranium metal as the fuel and molten sodium as the coolant.<ref name=NatriumSite/> ...go the route of every other rogue so far, just buy centrifuges and enrich uranium.

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For example, [[uranium]], with an atomic number of 92, has the relatively stable isotope <sup>238< ...e blackening observed by Becquerel was caused by the &beta; radiation from uranium's "daughter" thorium. In 1898 [[Marie Curie]] and her husband [[Pierre Curi

...epleted uranium, for example, has the same physical properties as enriched uranium, and is similar to plutonium.

...>233</sup>U and ²³⁹Np resulting from integration of thorium and uranium with naturally produced neutrons.

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...f U-235, or extraction of fissile [[plutonium]] (Pu-239) from irradiated [[uranium]] [[nuclear reactor]] fuel. The US forged the way on both paths during its ...stinct technologies, after all. To build a bomb, one needs Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) or weapons-grade plutonium (Pu-239).

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"Natrium would likely be less uranium efficient and would not reduce the amount of waste that requires long-term

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...tium is produced synthetically as a by-product of the fission of [[Uranium|uranium-235]] in nuclear reactors and it is extracted from the spent reactor fuel r ...s. This happens because technetium is a bi-product of the natural decay of uranium and also because it is a bi-product in the operation of nuclear reactors. T

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