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plutonium

[plu:'təunɪəm] n
econ. plutonio m
plutonium A highly toxic metallic transuranic element. It occurs in trace amounts in uranium ores and is produced in a nuclear reactor by neutron bombardment of uranium-238. The most stable and important isotope, plutonium-239, readily undergoes fission and is used as a reactor fuel in nuclear power stations and in nuclear weapons [plu:'təunɪəm] n
environ. plutonio m
 English thesaurus
Plutonium [plu:'təunɪəm] abbr.
abbr., scottish Pu
plutonium [plu:'təunɪəm] adj.
gen. UPu
Plutonium
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