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Only a trace of plutonium is naturally found in the earth's crust. And it is always found with uranium because it is made by uranium's spontaneous fission, neutron release, and the subsequent neutron capture by another uranium nucleus to form the plutonium atom. Plutonium is not formed by the death of a star in a super nova like uranium is. Uranium is the heaviest element formed in that event. That's why there isn't any plutonium around as an ore. Just the trace amounts found with uranium. We're lucky there isn't a lot of plutonium around. It is highly toxic owing to its hightly radioactive nature. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article on plutonium.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoPlutonium in natural uranium ore deposits come from the spontaneous fission of uranium. The spontaneous fission is a very rare phenomenon; also plutonium is radioactive and support itself a radioactive decay and a spontaneous fission.
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∙ 12y agoPlutonium exist in the earth crust only in ultra traces.
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