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The plutonium used in the bomb test was almost certainly derived from the Calder Hall/Chapelcross reactors operating as military plutonium production reactors (see Reference 3 below).
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Plutonium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Plutonium (pronounced /pluːˈtoʊniəm/ pl 'oo '- TOH -nee-əm , symbol Pu , atomic number 94) is a rare transuranic radioactive element. It is an actinide metal of silvery-white appea...
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In principle, a propulsion reactor core could be surrounded with a fertile blanket and used to produce plutonium. In practice, this has never been done. ... These are used to make plutonium (and often tritium) efficiently. Production reactors are frequently graphite-moderated and either air-, CO 2 -, or helium-cooled.
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It was not the task of the CISAC to evaluate the risk of separated civil plutonium being used in nuclear weaponry, but it is clear that the CISAC analysis considers separated reactor-grade plutonium, when it has been extracted from spent fuel, as representing the same degree of hazard as does weapon plutonium and that...
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Plutonium is used to make nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_plutonium_used_for
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World War 2 question: Why were the elements uranium and plutonium used in the atomic bombs of the Manhattan Project? Answer: U235 and Pu239 are fissionable Uranium 235 and Plutonium 239 are both fissionable ... What is plutonium-2-10? Is plutonium used in bombs? Do atom bombs have uranium? When was plutonium bomb first...
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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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The complete detonation of a kilogram of plutonium produces an explosion equal to about 20000 tons of chemical explosive. The various nuclear applications of plutonium are well known. The isotope 233Pu was used in the American Apollo lunar missions to power seismic and other equipment on the lunar surface.
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www.webelements.com/plutonium/
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