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This WebElements periodic table page contains uses for the element plutonium ... The following uses for plutonium are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I'd be delighted to receive corrections as well as additional referenced uses (please use the feedback mechanism to add uses).
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www.webelements.com/plutonium/uses.html
www.webelements.com/plutonium/uses.html
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Brief description: plutonium was the second transuranium element of the actinide series to be discovered. By far of greatest importance is the isotope 239Pu, which has a half-life of more than 20000 years. One kilogram is equivalent to about 22 million kilowatt hours of heat energy.
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www.webelements.com/plutonium/
www.webelements.com/plutonium/
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Only two of plutonium's isotopes, plutonium-238 and plutonium-239, have found uses outside of basic research. Plutonium-238 is used in radioisotope thermoelectric generators to provide electricity for space probes that venture too far from the sun to use solar power, such as the Cassini and Galileo probes.
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education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele094.html
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North Korea has been producing plutonium. The government says it’s for electricity generation, while other governments say it’s for building bombs. Maybe it’s for something else. ... The Top 8 Other Uses for Plutonium...
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www.littlefivers.com/science/other-uses-for-plutonium/
www.littlefivers.com/science/other-uses-for-plutonium/
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Plutonium has quite a few uses, but its main use is in nuclear reactors and weapons. It was used in the Fat Man nuclear bomb that was dropped on the torpedo plant in Nagasaki, Japan in World War II. It killed 74,000 and injured 75,000. This is a model of Fat Man.
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www.fairfield.k12.ct.us/tomlinson/element/puuses.htm
www.fairfield.k12.ct.us/tomlinson/element/puuses.htm
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; Date of Discovery: 1940 ; Discoverer: G.T. Seaborg ; Name Origin: After the planet Pluto ; Uses: bombs, nuclear reactors ; Obtained From: some uranium ores, man-made ; ... A Perspective on the Dangers of Plutonium...
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www.chemicalelements.com/elements/pu.html
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But there’s no reason why the cooperation between North Korea and Iran discussed in the article would impact the US IC’s 5-10 year estimate. My understanding is that that estimate applies to Iran’s ability to produce HEU...North Korea’s program uses plutonium.
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totalwonkerr.com/1333/wankery-department-of
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MOX fuel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mixed oxide , or MOX fuel , is nuclear fuel containing more than one oxide of fissile or fertile materials. Specifically, it usually refers to a blend of oxides of plutonium and natural uranium, re...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOX_fuel
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Military & Aerospace Electronics - NASA Pluto probe uses plutonium-powered generator - VALLEY FORGE, Pa., 20 Jan. 2006. A Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG), built by Lockheed Martin at its Space Systems Company facility in Valley Forge, then fueled by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is providing electric ...
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