plutonium
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- A solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239
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| 1 | pessimism | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | pacifism | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | opportunism | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | paganism | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | petroleum | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | plagiarism | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | peronism | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | presidium | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | promethium | 4 | 0 |
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| 2 | platinum | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | platonic | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | platonist | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | podium | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | polonium | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | plutonic | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | plutonian | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | pluto | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | luton | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | polonius | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | palonius | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | strontium | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | sputum | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | putnam | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | put-on | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | plenum | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | pelton | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | palton | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | neptunium | 4 | 0 |
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📰 This Word in the News:
Federal safety board raises concerns about glove box fire at Los Alamos plutonium facility
Aug 1, 2026 Albuquerque Journal
Aug 1, 2026 Albuquerque Journal
Nuclear watchdogs toured a planned SC plutonium plant. Here’s what they saw.
Apr 22, 2026 SC Daily Gazette
Apr 22, 2026 SC Daily Gazette
Why do we keep ignoring the large quantity of plutonium at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant?
Jul 17, 2026 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Jul 17, 2026 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Trump plan to give start-ups plutonium harvested from Cold War–era nuclear weapons is risky, experts say
May 28, 2026 Scientific American
May 28, 2026 Scientific American
Nuclear Watch New Mexico sues Department of Energy for plutonium pit report
Aug 5, 2026 Santa Fe New Mexican
Aug 5, 2026 Santa Fe New Mexican