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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.
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  • Fire-resistant pit/Definition
    A shell around the plutonium "pit" of a fission device.
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  • 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
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  • Pluto (disambiguation)
    {{rpl|Plutonium}}
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  • 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
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  • 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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  • Fusion device
    ...policymakers, that deuterium yielded more energy per gram than uranium or plutonium, yet cost twenty cents per gram versus several hundred dollars for the fiss ...ough, of special nuclear materials, <sub>235</sub>uranium or <sub>239</sub>plutonium, <sub>3</sub>tritium, and <sub>6</sub>lithium or <sub>2</sub>deuterium are
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  • Italian support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War
    ...aqis continued to work on building a full processing cycle for uranium and plutonium, primarily using Italian equipment.<ref name=NSAEBB82-19>{{citation ...rous areas of nuclear technology, possibly even including reprocessing and plutonium chemistry. Because Italy is a major Iraqi arms supplier, it probably could
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  • Instrumentation for radioactivity
    ...ation. "Knowing the original assay and the age of the weapon, the ratio of plutonium to americium may be computed accurately and so the total plutonium contamination may be determined. <ref name=DoD3150.8-M>{{citation
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  • NMR spectroscopy/Catalogs/Magnetic nuclei
    <tr> <td>[[Plutonium]]-239</td> <td><sup>239</sup>Pu</td> <td>1/2</td> <td> - </td>
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  • Nuclear power reconsidered/Bibliography
    *Kryuchkov et.al. 2011, ''Isotopic Uranium and Plutonium Denaturing as an Effective Method for Nuclear Fuel Proliferation Protection
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  • Enrico Fermi
    ...ember, demonstrating the chain reaction and the feasibility of producing [[plutonium]] for an atomic bomb. He collaborated with the [[Los Alamos]] teams involv
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  • Nuclear waste management
    ...unexpected characteristics of the waste material.<ref>A barrel containing plutonium mixed with kitty litter ruptured after it was stored at the Waste Isolation
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  • National technical means of verification
    ...e, has the same physical properties as enriched uranium, and is similar to plutonium. ...to determine if the bomb was nuclear, and, if so, whether the Primary was plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU)<ref>{{cite web
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  • Chemical elements
    ...ogen]], Z=1, have the fewest number of protons, and those of the element [[plutonium]], Z=94, have the greatest number of protons. As protons each carry a posi ...''Z''=94 are extremely rare and are mainly man-made. The elements beyond Plutonium (''Z'' > 94) have not been found naturally occurring on Earth, and so all
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  • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    ...d Site]] in eastern [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington state]] was the [[plutonium]] production facility and the [[Oak Ridge, Tennessee]] site was the [[urani ...ives in two of the bombs detonated upon impact with the ground, dispersing plutonium over nearby farms. A third bomb landed intact near the coastal town of [[Pa
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  • Colorado (U.S. state)
    ...fire occurred at the Rocky Flats Plant, which resulted in the significant plutonium contamination of surrounding populated areas.
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  • Chemical compound/Catalogs/Inorganic compounds
    *[[Plutonium dioxide]] (Plutonium(IV) oxide) &ndash; PuO<sub>2</sub>
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  • Nuclear reactions
    ...decay of <sup>241</sup>Pu will form <sup>241</sup>Am, so if a sample of [[plutonium]] which has been standing for several years is subjected to a new chemical
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  • Nuclear waste management/Debate Guide
    ...om a commercial plant, although some of the chemical waste associated with plutonium extraction is not. The Hanford reactors produced the same fission products ...reactors are the only way to permanently get rid of enriched weapons grade plutonium.
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  • George Kistiakowsky
    ...> Under his leadership the complex explosive lenses needed to compress the plutonium sphere uniformly to achieve Critical mass (nuclear)|critical mass were deve
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  • Deinococcus radiodurans
    ...oil and 3 trillion liters of water were contaminated when Uranium, Cesium, Plutonium, Strontium, Technetium, Chromium, Lead, Mercury, TCE, and toulene by leachi
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  • Molten salt reactor
    ...Kazuo |last2=Kato |first2=Yoshio |last3=Chigrinov |first3=Sergey E. |title=Plutonium (TRU) transmutation and 233U production by single-fluid type accelerator mo ..." problematic transuranic elements like Pu240, Pu241 and up (reactor grade plutonium) from traditional light-water nuclear reactors.
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  • Nuclear magnetic resonance/Catalogs/Magnetic nuclei
    <tr> <td>[[Plutonium]]-239</td> <td><sup>239</sup>Pu</td> <td>1/2</td> <td> - </td>
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  • Planet
    The chemical elements uranium, neptunium, and plutonium are named after the planets Uranus and Neptune, and the dwarf planet Pluto.
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  • Periodic table of elements
    ...ides]], the groups of the [[rare earths]]. They contain elements such as [[plutonium]], [[radon]] and [[uranium]], and, notorious since the poisoning scandal in
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  • Archive:Monthly Write-a-Thon/January 10, 2020
    ...Watson -- not planetary -- when you edit articles like [[Neptunium]] and [[Plutonium]]. [[User:Mark Widmer|Mark Widmer]] ([[User talk:Mark Widmer|talk]]) 01:04,
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  • Cost of nuclear power
    ...generation reactors need up to 20% enrichment. Weapons grade uranium (and plutonium from old bomb cores) can be easily "down-blended" and provide decades of po
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  • Radiation Hazards
    • '''Man-Made Radionuclides''': Formerly most famous: ''plutonium'',
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  • Nuclear power reconsidered
    A barrel containing plutonium mixed with kitty litter ruptured after it was stored at the Waste Isolation
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  • U.S. intelligence activities in Asia-Pacific
    ...uranium, although there was no hard evidence that weapons-grade uranium or plutonium was being made. Tension between the PRC and USSR was such that it was not e ...uranium. If so, it could not be ready before 1966. It was estimated that a plutonium-producing reactor could be ready by 1962. <ref name=NIE13-2-62 /> The edito
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  • Nuclear attacks against Japan
    ...olved in its development were certain it would work, but less so about the plutonium implosion technology in the second bomb. In the Trinity test in New Mexico,
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  • George W. Bush
    ...e intelligence claims that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was trying to buy plutonium there. After his trip Wilson published an article in the ''New York Times''
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  • U.S. intelligence and transnational counterproliferation activities
    ...e of the NIE, were the only ones that could easily produce weapons-grade [[plutonium]]. While Japan and West Germany have the technology base, their public opin
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  • U.S. House Armed Services Committee
    ...plementation of options for consolidation and disposition of weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium; Department of Energy compliance with evolving
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  • World War II, air war
    ...olved in its development were certain it would work, but less so about the plutonium implosion technology in the second bomb. In the TRINITY test in New Mexico,
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