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plutonium
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noun
a radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, found in trace quantities in native uranium ores and produced by bombarding uranium with deuterons: symbol, Pu; at. no., 94: its most important isotope () is used in nuclear weapons and as a reactor fuel
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