plutonium-239

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(thing) by CentrX (11.1 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Wed Jan 03 2001 at 21:29:35
A radioactive isotope of plutonium, with a half-life of 24,100 years. It is created by the irradiation of uranium-238 in a nuclear reactor and is used in nuclear weapons and as a fuel for nuclear reactors.
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