The source of plutonium is the reprocessing of "burned" nuclear reactors fuels.
Uranium and plutonium
Building nuclear reactors with plutonium fuels and Pu-Be neutron sources.
The sun (it radiates heat), plutonium, and radium.
The plutonium isotope with 144 neutrons is plutonium-244. It is a rare and long-lived isotope with a half-life of about 80 million years. It is produced in supernova explosions and has potential applications in nuclear weapons and spacecraft power sources.
Uranium-235 and Plutonium-239 are two possible fuel sources for a nuclear reactor. These isotopes are fissile materials that undergo nuclear fission reactions to generate heat in a controlled manner for producing electricity.
Applications of plutonium: * explosive in nuclear weapons * nuclear fuel in nuclear power reactors * the isotope 238Pu is used as energy source in spacecrafts or other applications (radioisotope thermoelectric generators); the chemical form is plutonium dioxide. * radioisotopic heating sources * neutron generator, as Pu-Be source
Applications of plutonium: * explosive in nuclear weapons * nuclear fuel in nuclear power reactors * the isotope 238Pu is used as energy source in spacecrafts or other applications (radioisotope thermoelectric generators); the chemical form is plutonium dioxide. * radioisotopic heating sources * neutron generator, as Pu-Be source
Applications of plutonium: * explosive in nuclear weapons * nuclear fuel in nuclear power reactors * the isotope 238Pu is used as energy source in spacecrafts or other applications (radioisotope thermoelectric generators); the chemical form is plutonium dioxide. * radioisotopic heating sources * neutron generator, as Pu-Be source
Applications of plutonium: * explosive in nuclear weapons * nuclear fuel in nuclear power reactors * the isotope 238Pu is used as energy source in spacecrafts or other applications (radioisotope thermoelectric generators); the chemical form is plutonium dioxide. * radioisotopic heating sources * neutron generator, as Pu-Be source
Some plutonium chemical compounds; plutonium dioxide, plutonium nitride, plutonium carbide, plutonium nitrate, plutonium trifluoride, plutonium chloride, etc.
Plutonium can be found in nuclear reactors, nuclear weapons, and in some smoke detectors. It is also present in some medical devices used for cancer treatment and in research laboratories for scientific experiments.
Examples: PuO2, plutonium nitrate, plutonium carbide, plutonium chloride, plutonium fluoride etc.