plutonium : Idioms & Phrases

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plutonium 239

  • noun a highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in atomic weapons and as a reactor fuel; produced by irradiating uranium 238 with slow electrons
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plutonium bomb

  • noun a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
    fission bomb; atomic bomb; atom bomb; A-bomb.
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plutonium pit

  • noun a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
    plutonium pit.
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plutonium trigger

  • noun a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
    plutonium pit.
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weapon-grade plutonium

  • noun plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits
    weapon-grade plutonium.
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weapons plutonium

  • noun plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits
    weapon-grade plutonium.
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