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Plutonium

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000374

A heavy, radioactive, manmade metallic element with atomic number 94. Its most important isotope is fissile plutonium-239, which is produced by neutron irradiation of uranium-238. It exists in only trace amounts in nature.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000374
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
AbbreviationPu
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Plutonium",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "A heavy, radioactive, manmade metallic element with atomic number 94. Its most important isotope is fissile plutonium-239, which is produced by neutron irradiation of uranium-238. It exists in only trace amounts in nature.",
  "abbreviation": "Pu",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/plutonium/"
}

Record 374 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.