The half-life of (radioactive) plutonium is about 77,000 years. From Wordnik.com. [SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 6075] Reference
Given that just 8 kg of plutonium is enough to fabricate a nuclear weapon, this figure is significant. From Wordnik.com. [16 « November « 2008 « Niqnaq] Reference
“I'm sure that in 1985 plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955 it's a little hard to come by.”. From Wordnik.com. [Veronica Mars movie confirmed by Rob Thomas] Reference
In 2007, North Korea shut down its main plutonium-producing plant and agreed to end all nuclear programs in exchange for aid and diplomatic concessions. From Wordnik.com. [S. Korea Looks for Sincere Gesture from North] Reference
It requires chemical separation of plutonium from the other elements in spent fuel through a complex process that is much harder than using centrifuges to enrich uranium. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear Power Play] Reference
Or we could convince congress to let NASA buy plutonium from the Russians, but their stocks are only a little larger than ours, and they aren't currently producing either. From Wordnik.com. [MSL Delay: Add 2 Years and $400 Million (and counting) - NASA Watch] Reference
This one percent of plutonium translates into hundred tons every year - enough for many thousands crude nuclear weapons, and it will remain around for dozens thousands years. From Wordnik.com. [The Greenpeace weblog] Reference
In any case, with the addition of gallium, the plutonium is a stable mass. From Wordnik.com. [The Sum of all Fears]
There was no increased production of plutonium, which is used to make nuclear weapons. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2006] Reference
What this page is all about is a particular isotope of plutonium, called plutonium-241. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
They even do their own waste reprocessing into plutonium, which is then reused to generate more power. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
Now, in both cases, you use a thing called plutonium to charge a uranium reactor, or to charge a thorium reactor. From Wordnik.com. [LaRouche's Latest] Reference
The Coalition has been supported by Greenpeach International who called the plutonium shipments "floating Chernobyls". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It also has committed not to enrich uranium or reprocess spent nuclear fuel for plutonium, which is used in nuclear bombs. From Wordnik.com. Reference
For its part, the emirates commit to not enrich uranium or reprocess spent nuclear fuel for plutonium, which is used in nuclear bombs. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
JOHN WOLFSTHAL, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT: Contained in them is about 30 kilograms of plutonium, which is enough for maybe four or five nuclear weapons. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2003] Reference
A nuclear weapons is you're actually trying to take special nuclear material called plutonium or highly enriched uranium and create a massive explosion using a nuclear reaction. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2002] Reference
When people say "plutonium" without specifying the isotope, they almost always mean Pu-239. From Wordnik.com. [Bush/Cheney Administration Thinks We're Idiots] Reference
I think they also want to increase their ability to make plutonium which is a nuclear explosive material made in reactors. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Pakistan's Expands it Nuclear Arsenal] Reference
And those are very, very important because when reprocessed, they produce the kind of plutonium that can go into nuclear weapons. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2008] Reference
It produces plutonium which is then recycled into MOX fuel at the Marcoule site. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
Each former worker has a documented exposure to high levels of radioactive materials such as plutonium, uranium, americium and thorium. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
And plutonium -- a byproduct of the nuclear process -- can be used as a fuel. From Wordnik.com. [Is This The Hour Of Nuclear Power?] Reference
North Korea got its plutonium from a supposedly commercial reprocessing program. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Problem] Reference
They were looking for telltale traces of highly enriched uranium, plutonium or other isotopes. From Wordnik.com. [IRAN'S NUCLEAR LIES] Reference
With stocks of plutonium reprocessed in France, Japan could make its own weapons in six months. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Problem] Reference
They have seemed as small as some undeclared milligrams of plutonium from a research laboratory. From Wordnik.com. [IRAN'S NUCLEAR LIES] Reference
The world's spent nuclear fuel already contains enough plutonium to make about 200,000 nuclear bombs. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Problem] Reference
Malaysian customs inspectors pore over baggage as though they were looking for weapons-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [Crisis In The Cupboard] Reference
North Korea may recently have been moving fuel rods to begin making plutonium bombs, officials said last week. From Wordnik.com. [No More Hide And Seek] Reference
Because plutonium stays radioactive for tens of thousands of years, it must be kept in a facility that lasts a long time. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Problem] Reference
The Bushehr reactor will be fueled by Russia, and the spent fuel, from which plutonium could be extracted, will be returned there. From Wordnik.com. [IRAN'S NUCLEAR LIES] Reference
Tons of uranium ore entered one end of the system; a few grams of pure uranium and the new man-made element plutonium came out the other. From Wordnik.com. [The Atomic Bomb] Reference
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