Plutonium is very toxic and radioactive; plutonium can be a pollution agent for the environment in the case of a severe accident or during a nuclear war initiated by USA.
Arthur S. Rood has written: 'Comprehensive assessment of exposure and lifetime cancer incidence risk from plutonium released from the Rocky Flats Plant, 1953-1989' -- subject(s): Cancer, Environmental aspects of Cancer, Environmental aspects of Nuclear facilities, Environmental aspects of Plutonium, Hazardous waste site remediation, Health aspects of Nuclear weapons plants, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons plants, Plutonium, Radiation carcinogenesis, Radioactive pollution, Rocky Flats Plant (U.S.) 'Estimated exposure and lifetime cancer incidence risk from 903 area plutonium releases at the Rocky Flats Plant' -- subject(s): Cancer, Environmental aspects of Cancer, Environmental aspects of Nuclear facilities, Environmental aspects of Plutonium, Hazardous waste site remediation, Health aspects of Nuclear weapons plants, Health risk assessment, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons plants, Plutonium, Radiation carcinogenesis, Radioactive pollution, Rocky Flats Plant (U.S.)
Timothy C. Kenna has written: 'The distribution and history of nuclear weapons related contamination in sediments from the Ob River, Siberia as determined by isotopic ratios of Plutonium, Neptunium, and Cesium' -- subject(s): Cesium, Environmental aspects, Environmental aspects of Cesium, Environmental aspects of Neptunium, Environmental aspects of Plutonium, Methodology, Neptunium, Plutonium, Pollution, Radioactive pollution of water, Radioactive substances in lakes, rivers, Radioactive tracers in water pollution research, Risk assessment
Plutonium (as dioxide, carbide, mixed oxides or carbides) is an important nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors.
The role of an environmental engineer include designing, planning, and performing environmental health hazards utilizing various engineering principles. The role includes waste treatment, site remediation and pollution control.
Robert W. Terry has written: 'Contamination of surface soil in Colorado by plutonium, 1970-1989' -- subject(s): Congresses, Environmental aspects of Plutonium, Plutonium, Radioactive pollution of soils, Regression analysis, Rocky Flats Plant (U.S.)
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Some plutonium chemical compounds; plutonium dioxide, plutonium nitride, plutonium carbide, plutonium nitrate, plutonium trifluoride, plutonium chloride, etc.
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Examples are: plutonium metal, isotope Pu-238, plutonium dioxide, plutonium sulfide, plutonium nitrate, plutonium carbide etc.
The Hanford site near Richland, WA had the plutonium production reactors and extraction canyons that made and purified plutonium for implosion type bombs.