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Plutonium is a heavy, radioactive, man-made, metallic element used in the production of nuclear energy.

I actually posted this article in an effort to get the ball rolling about nuclear energy and the pros and cons surrounding it - ie: waste issues and the time it takes to develop nuclear facilities. What caught my eye in particular was …

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The purpose of the treaty is use nuclear energy in a more peaceful form than weapons of mass destruction. The treaty consists of two different categories of countries; nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states. …

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That tour connected me with nuclear history. The B reactor wasn’t created for electrical generation purposes. It was the first “production” nuclear reactor - ever. And, it produced one thing: plutonium-239 for Trinity and Fat Man. …

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