HyperDic: weapons_plutonium

English > 1 sense of the expression *weapons plutonium*:
NOUN	substance	weapons plutonium, weapons-grade plutonium	plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled

English > *weapons plutonium*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits.
Synonym	weapons-grade plutonium
Broader	plutonium 239	A highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in atomic weapons and as a reactor fuel