Synonyms for plutonium
pluˈtoʊ ni əmplu·to·ni·um

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1. plutonium, Pu, atomic number 94noun

   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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   atomic number 94

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1. James Clapper:

   We assess that North Korea has followed through on its announcement by expanding its Yongbyon enrichment facility and restarting the plutonium production reactor, we further assess that North Korea has been operating the reactor long enough so that it could begin to recover plutonium from the reactor’s spent fuel within a matter of weeks to months.

2. Mycle Schneider:

   Giving its plutonium away and paying for it would expose the Japanese to the reality of plutonium as a liability rather than an asset.

3. Hassan Rouhani:

   From (July 7) onward with the Arak reactor, if you don't operate (according to) the programme and time frame of all the commitments you've given us, we will return the Arak reactor to its previous condition, meaning, the condition that you say is dangerous and can produce plutonium.

4. Richard Nephew:

   The real problem is does this stop these countries and the companies from their work to render the Arak and Fordow facilities safer? if it causes them to stop that work and gives Iran an excuse to restart Fordow or to rebuild Arak as a plutonium-production reactor, then we will have done real damage to our nonproliferation objectives.

5. State John Kerry:

   Just yesterday, the foreign minister (of Iran) reported to me that the calandria of the plutonium nuclear reactor is now out and in the next hours it will be filled with concrete and destroyed.