Concept: plutonium in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/6346
Preferred label plutonium
Definition A highly toxic metallic transuranic element. It occurs in trace amounts in uranium ores and is produced in a nuclear reactor by neutron bombardment of uranium-238. The most stable and important isotope, plutonium-239, readily undergoes fission and is used as a reactor fuel in nuclear power stations and in nuclear weapons.
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Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
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