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plutonium

[plu:'təunɪəm] n

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.

Plutonium n

English thesaurus

plutonium [plu:'təunɪəm] adj.

gen.

UPu

Plutonium [plu:'təunɪəm] abbr.

abbr., scottish

plutonium

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gen.	elementar; natürlich; urgewaltig
agric.	spontan


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