HyperDic: weapons-grade_plutonium

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

English > *weapons-grade 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 plutonium
Broader	plutonium 239	A highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in atomic weapons and as a reactor fuel