WEAPONS-GRADE PLUTONIUM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits

Synonyms:

weapons-grade plutonium; weapons plutonium

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("weapons-grade plutonium" is a kind of...):

plutonium 239 (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)

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