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  • Plutonium/Elemental Class
    #REDIRECT [[Plutonium/Periodic table of elements]]
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  • Fast breeder reactor
    ...utrons that will make ("breed") potential nuclear fuel of an appropriate [[plutonium]] isotope. Economically, it seems attractive when a reactor can produce 30 ...duct is not immediately usable as fuel, but requires complex and hazardous Plutonium reprocessing.
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  • PUREX/Definition
    A solvent-based extraction method to separate [[uranium]] and [[plutonium]] from [[fission]] by-products.
    141 bytes (15 words) - 11:45, 24 October 2010
  • Fire-resistant pit/Definition
    A shell around the plutonium "pit" of a fission device.
    91 bytes (13 words) - 17:50, 21 March 2024
  • CANDU
    ...nonproliferation standpoint, as it produces little [[plutonium]], and that plutonium is rich in <sup>240</sup>Pu, an isotope highly undesirable for bombs.
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  • Plutonium/External Links
    *[http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/pubs/number26.htm Challenges in Plutonium Science] Los Alamos Science, number 26, 2000
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  • Plutonium/Periodic table of elements
    <includeonly>Transuranic element</includeonly><noinclude>Plutonium is considered a [[transuranic element]], an [[actinide]], a [[rare earth me
    188 bytes (22 words) - 05:50, 6 March 2024
  • Pluto (disambiguation)
    {{rpl|Plutonium}}
    127 bytes (16 words) - 08:09, 10 January 2021
  • PUREX
    ...is commonly used, in Plutonium reprocessing, to separate [[uranium]] and [[plutonium]] from the fission by-products. [[THOREX]] is a related process for [[thor ...d is classed as a [[solvation]] mechanism. For example, the extraction of plutonium by an extraction agent (S) in a nitrate medium occurs by the following reac
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  • Fast breeder reactor/Definition
    ...neutrons that will make ("breed") potential nuclear fuel of an appropriate plutonium isotope.
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  • Actinide/Definition
    ...tinides are all [[radioactive]], and [[Uranium]] (atomic number 92), and [[Plutonium]] (atomic number 94) are significant in the production of [[nuclear energy]
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  • Mark 4 (nuclear weapon)/Definition
    ...from 1, 3.5, 8, 14, 21, 22, and 31 kt [[TNT equivalent]] by exchanging the plutonium pits; first weapon made on an assembly line rather than by hand; design anc
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  • Nuclear proliferation/Bibliography
    ...ematerials.org/library/sgs04mark.pdf Explosive Properties of Reactor Grade Plutonium] J. Carson Mark, ''Science & Global Security'', 1993, pp.111-128. *[https://rlg.fas.org/980826-pu.htm Reactor-Grade Plutonium Can be Used to Make Powerful and Reliable Nuclear Weapons] Richard L. Garwi
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  • Nuclear proliferation/Debate Guide
    = Blocking Diversion of Plutonium by "Spiking" the Fuel = ...entrifuge plant. These proposals are controversial, because the physics of plutonium is different.<br>
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  • Manhattan Project/Related Articles
    {{r|Plutonium}}
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  • RDS-1 (nuclear weapon)
    It was a [[plutonium]] [[implosion]] device with a 22 KT yield. The Soviets put it into limited
    506 bytes (81 words) - 14:38, 7 May 2010
  • Tributyl phosphate
    A critical military use is in the [[PUREX]] process of Plutonium reprocessing. It is also used in the concentration of [[uranium]] and [[tho | title =Plutonium Reprocessing
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  • Nuclear reactor/Related Articles
    {{r|Plutonium}}
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  • Mark 4 (nuclear weapon)
    ...ch could be varied from 1, 3.5, 8, 14, 21, 22, and 31 kt by exchanging the plutonium pits; it also contained uranium. Mark 4 was the first weapon made on an ass ...detonated on impact, scattering nearly 100 pounds (45 kg) of uranium. Its plutonium pit remained aboard the aircraft, which later landed safely. <ref>{{citatio
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  • Plutonium
    {{dambigbox|Plutonium|Pluto}} |elName=Plutonium
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  • Fat Man (atomic bomb)
    ...ds, New Mexico, to confirm that the technology actually worked. It was a [[plutonium]] implosion device, with an energy yield of approximately 12 kilotons of [[
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  • Spent nuclear fuel
    ...rocessing|reprocessed]] to retrieve the remaining usable [[uranium]] and [[plutonium]], it is a form of [[radioactive waste]]. ===Plutonium===
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  • Krypton
    The isotope <sup>85</sup>Kr is emitted by the process of producing [[plutonium]], and air sampling for it, as well as for <sup>133</sup>[[Xenon]], is used
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  • Natrium reactor
    ...While it may be possible to extract from the spent fuel a small amount of plutonium, it is contaminated with radioactive nuclides unsuitable for [[Nuclear_prol
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  • Criticality (nuclear)
    ...be avoided. Such a criticality accident can occur if too much uranium or plutonium is brought together in one place. Nuclear reactors have copious radiation
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  • FC-MSR nuclear reactor
    ...ration of fissile material from the waste, and could lead to weapons-grade plutonium. This separation step is not necessary, however, if the spent fuel is to be ...ium, left over from the cold war, is denatured (diluted with reactor-grade plutonium) as it is added to the molten salt. At no point in the further processing o
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  • Manhattan Project
    *Hanford Plant, in [[Washington (U.S. state)]], now closed but the major [[plutonium]] production facility
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  • Americium
    ...m the website of the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] (LANL)</ref> The [[plutonium]] isotopes Pu-241 and Pu-243 undergo [[β− decay]], transforming into [[
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  • W87 (nuclear weapon)
    ...lowed by lithium deuteride fusion fuel (red), followed by a uranium-235 or plutonium "sparkplug" (blue),
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  • Nuclear reactor
    ...were that the reactor tried to be equally effective for electric power and plutonium generation. ...For example, uranium-238 (<sup>238</sup>U or U-238) can be bred to produce plutonium-239 and [[thorium]]-232 (<sup>232</sup>Th or Th-232) can be bred to produce
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  • Nuclear power reconsidered/Related Articles
    {{rpl|Plutonium}}
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  • Operation Ivy
    ...ovable. The secondary was a cylindrical Dewar flask, with a <sup>239</sup>plutonium "spark plug" rod in the center of the thermally insulated container. The De ...y, or highly enriched uranium. Pits of operational bombs mixed uranium and plutonium.
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  • Integral Fast Reactor/Debate Guide
    ...its resource-utilization capabilities could clandestinely be used to make plutonium for weapons. ...roduction. In principle, any uranium-fueled reactor can be used to produce plutonium for weapons, but the simplest, fastest, cheapest, most effective way is usi
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  • Nuclear proliferation
    ...ent of uranium to very high fractions of U-235, or extraction of fissile [[plutonium]] (Pu-239) from irradiated [[uranium]] [[nuclear reactor]] fuel. The US for ...To build a bomb, one needs Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) or weapons-grade plutonium (Pu-239).
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  • Hydrodynamic testing
    ...e, has the same physical properties as enriched uranium, and is similar to plutonium.
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  • Neutron generator
    ...t <sup>240</sup>Pu, a neutron emitter, can cause predetonation; bomb-grade plutonium is not only 239-rich but 240-low. <sup>240</sup>Pu, however, is beneficial
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  • APXS
    ...244, where as the x-ray of 14 and 18 keV is provided by the decay product plutonium 240. For the [[MER Rover]] the activity is 30 mCi.
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  • Radiochemistry
    ...ne on the identification of the oxidation state and coordination number of plutonium and the other actinides under different conditions has been done.[http://ww ...]]/[[rocks]] and [[concrete]], in these systems the chemical properties of plutonium have been studied using methods such as [[EXAFS]] and [[XANES]].<ref>M. C.
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  • ThorCon nuclear reactor
    Plutonium is absent from the initial fuel load, but it does build up as the fuel is c Separating plutonium from thorium is so difficult that it has never been implemented on an indus
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  • Fast neutron reactor
    ...captured by the nucleus to transmute the uranium into [[plutonium]]-239. [[plutonium]]-239 has a [[neutron cross section]] similar to that of [[uranium]]-235, w ...en [[plutonium]]-239 absorbs another neutron without undergoing fission, [[plutonium]]-240 is created, which virtually never fissions with the slower neutrons,
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  • Neutron moderator
    ...or nonproliferation. Heavy water is also used in reactors used to breed [[plutonium]].
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  • Chernobyl Disaster
    ...r#graphite|graphite-moderated]] reactors optimized for the production of [[plutonium]]. <ref name=GS-RBMK>{{citation ...he core of the operating reactor, both for extracting fuel rods from which plutonium will be extracted, and refueling the reactor, is necessary. A full containm
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  • Nuclear chemistry
    ...ith a half life of 2.3 days (<sup>239</sup>Np). A short time later in 1940 plutonium was discovered ...h has the most crystal forms, and hence we will restrict our discussion to plutonium.
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  • Chemical symbol/Catalogs
    <tr><td> Pu <td> [[Plutonium]] <td align="right"> 94
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  • Atomic electron configuration
    <tr><td>94<td>Pu <td>[[Plutonium]] <td bgcolor="#D0D0D0">2 <td bgcolor="#D0D0D0">2<td>6 <td bgcolor="#
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  • Post irradiation examination
    ==== Plutonium ==== ...cument/press/pc29.html]. If the irradiation period has been short then the plutonium is weapon-grade (more than 80%, up to 93%).
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  • Fission device
    ...this context, the nucleus of a radioactive element, such as <sup>239</sup>plutonium, is struck by a subatomic particle, a neutron. When the unstable nucleus ca ...es include the fire-resistant pit that prevents contamination from molten plutonium..<ref>{{citation
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  • Atomic mass
    ...gn="left "> 94 <td> [[Plutonium|Pu]] <td width="5%" > {{Atomic mass|Plutonium}}
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  • Atomic radius/Catalogs
    | 94 || Pu || [[plutonium]] *<div id="Note d">(d) [[uranium]], [[neptunium]] and [[plutonium]] have irregular structures</div>
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  • Viking program
    ...two [[radioisotope thermal generator]] (RTG) units containing [[plutonium|plutonium-238]] affixed to opposite sides of the lander base and covered by wind scre
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