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  • Plutonium/Elemental Class
    #REDIRECT [[Plutonium/Periodic table of elements]]
    50 bytes (6 words) - 07:58, 6 March 2024
  • 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.
    578 bytes (83 words) - 16:55, 22 March 2024
  • Plutonium/External Links
    *[http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/pubs/number26.htm Challenges in Plutonium Science] Los Alamos Science, number 26, 2000
    308 bytes (44 words) - 12:45, 3 May 2011
  • 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.
    320 bytes (47 words) - 03:49, 5 December 2011
  • Actinide/Definition
    ...tinides are all [[radioactive]], and [[Uranium]] (atomic number 92), and [[Plutonium]] (atomic number 94) are significant in the production of [[nuclear energy]
    343 bytes (42 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
  • 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
    422 bytes (59 words) - 20:47, 10 June 2011
  • Nuclear proliferation/Debate Guide
    ...entrifuge plant. These proposals are controversial, because the physics of plutonium is different.<br> Nuclear weapons can be fabricated using plutonium containing virtually any combination
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  • Manhattan Project/Related Articles
    {{r|Plutonium}}
    579 bytes (84 words) - 17:08, 22 March 2024
  • 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}}
    619 bytes (80 words) - 07:50, 28 September 2021
  • 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
    2 KB (290 words) - 13:03, 19 March 2024
  • Plutonium
    {{dambigbox|Plutonium|Pluto}} |elName=Plutonium
    10 KB (1,406 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
  • 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 [[
    848 bytes (126 words) - 11:49, 18 March 2024
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