HyperDic: weapons_plutonium

English > 1 sense of the expression weapons plutonium:
NOUNsubstanceweapons plutonium, weapons-grade plutoniumplutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled
English > weapons plutonium: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaningplutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits.
Synonymweapons-grade plutonium
Broaderplutonium 239A highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in atomic weapons and as a reactor fuel

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