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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| 1 | pollution | 3 | 6 |
| 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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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
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May 27, 2026 E&E News by POLITICO
Japan has enough plutonium to make 5,500 nuclear warheads, PLA Daily says
Mar 31, 2026 South China Morning Post
Mar 31, 2026 South China Morning Post
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Mar 27, 2026 Wiley Online Library
Mar 27, 2026 Wiley Online Library
US opens talks to turn surplus Cold War plutonium into reactor fuel
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