weapon-grade plutonium
1weapon-grade plutonium — noun plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits • Syn: ↑weapons plutonium • Hypernyms: ↑plutonium 239 …
2Reactor grade plutonium nuclear test — The reactor grade plutonium nuclear test was a low yield underground nuclear test using non weapons grade plutonium, conducted at the US Nevada Test Site in 1962.Some information regarding this test was declassified in July 1977 under… …
3Plutonium — Eigenschaften …
4plutonium 239 — noun a highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in atomic weapons and as a reactor fuel; produced by irradiating uranium 238 with slow electrons • Hypernyms: ↑plutonium, ↑Pu, ↑atomic number 94 • Hyponyms: ↑weapons plutonium, ↑weapon… …
5Plutonium — (pronEng|pluːˈtoʊniəm, symbol Pu, atomic number 94) is a rare radioactive, metallic chemical element. The most significant isotope of plutonium is 239Pu, with a half life of 24,100 years; this isotope is fissile and is used in most modern nuclear …
6Plutonium-239 — Infobox isotope alternate names = symbol =Pu mass number =239 mass = num neutrons =145 num protons =94 abundance = halflife = 24,110 years error halflife = background = #FF6 text color = decay product =Uranium 235 decay symbol =U decay mass =235… …
7nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …
8weapons plutonium — noun plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits • Syn: ↑weapon grade plutonium • Hypernyms: ↑plutonium 239 …
9weap|on-grade — «WEHP uhn GRAYD», adjective. surpassing the minimum standards set for materials to be used in nuclear weapons: »weapon grade plutonium …
10Isotopes of plutonium — Plutonium (Pu) has no stable isotopes. A standard atomic mass cannot be given.Decay modesTwenty plutonium radioisotopes have been characterized. The most stable are Pu 244, with a half life of 80.8 million years, Pu 242, with a half life of… …
