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Plutonium (Pu)

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-001708

A heavy, fissionable, radioactive, metallic element (atomic number 94) that occurs naturally in trace amounts. It can also result as a byproduct of the fission reaction in a uranium-fuel nuclear reactor and can be recovered for future use.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-001708
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Plutonium (Pu)",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "A heavy, fissionable, radioactive, metallic element (atomic number 94) that occurs naturally in trace amounts. It can also result as a byproduct of the fission reaction in a uranium-fuel nuclear reactor and can be recovered for future use.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/plutonium-pu/"
}

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