Reactor-grade plutonium
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Reactor-grade plutonium
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Reactor-grade plutonium (RGPu) is the isotopic grade of plutonium that is found in spent nuclear fuel after the uranium-235 primary fuel that a nuclear power reactor uses has burnt up. The uranium-238 from which most of the plutonium isotopes derive by neutron capture is found along with the U-235 in the low enriched uranium fuel of civilian reactors. In contrast to the low burnup of weeks or months that is commonly required to produce weapons-grade plutonium (WGPu/⁹Pu), the long time in the r
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactor-grade_plutonium
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2007-06-03T02:20:11Z
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2024-09-15T01:57:26Z
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