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How is plutonium made?

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Plutonium is made by the activation of uranium by neutrons. A shaped amount of refined uranium is lowered into an operating nuclear reactor, and the sample is bathed in the neutron flux of the operating reactor. Uranium atoms capture a neutron (via neutron absorption) and transform into plutonium.
There are several ways to create plutonium. One is neutron absorption of uranium, followed by two stages of beta decay ...

92238U + 01N --> 92239U --> Beta- --> 93239Np --> Beta- --> 94239Pu

... leaving out the electrons and the electron antineutrinos.

Another way is deuteron bombardment ...

92238U + 12D --> 93238Np --> Beta- --> 94238Pu

... again, leaving out the electrons and the electron antineutrinos.

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Plutonium is obtained in nuclear reactors by nuclear reactions as:
238U + n-------239U-------239Np + e--------239Pu + e

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