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Meanings of plutonium in English
Usage of plutonium in English
1
It is used in certain reactors that produce plutonium as a by-product.
2
Say you held a sphere of plutonium-239 the size of a coconut.
3
The force is directed inward, thus smashing the plutonium from all sides.
4
Could the plutonium be ground to powder that would contaminate the Ganges?
5
TEPCO said test results showing plutonium came from samples taken a week ago.
6
As a result, anti-nuclear activists consistently protest the launches of NASA's plutonium-powered probes.
7
It conducted its first nuclear test with a plutonium-based device in October 2006.
8
He was the chief engineer behind the North Koreans' plutonium reactor at Yongbyon.
9
Putin's financial demands accompanying Russia's withdrawal from the plutonium treaty were no aberration.
10
It may serve as an energy source there just as plutonium-186 would here.
11
The electrical instruments aboard the Cassini probe require plutonium 238 to power them.
12
If I take the measurements seriously, then what you've given me is plutonium-186.
13
It's also the first to be powered entirely with American plutonium.
14
So it ought to be able to pick up a plutonium-leaking nuclear warhead.
15
When that happens, he's worth his weight in plutonium to the Other Side.
16
Two armed cargo ships carrying mixed plutonium-uranium oxide arrive in Japan.
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Plutonium across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare