plutonium
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- A solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239
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| 1 | pessimism | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | pacifism | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | opportunism | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | paganism | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | petroleum | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | plagiarism | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | peronism | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | presidium | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | promethium | 4 | 0 |
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| 2 | platinum | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | platonic | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | platonist | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | podium | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | polonium | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | plutonic | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | plutonian | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | pluto | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | luton | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | polonius | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | palonius | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | strontium | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | sputum | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | putnam | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | put-on | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | plenum | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | pelton | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | palton | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | neptunium | 4 | 0 |
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📰 This Word in the News:
DOE selects five companies to negotiate receipt of surplus U.S. plutonium
May 28, 2026 American Nuclear Society -- ANS
May 28, 2026 American Nuclear Society -- ANS
Nuclear company taps cold war-era Plutonium in bid to accelerate US reactor buildout
May 29, 2026 Fox Business
May 29, 2026 Fox Business
U.S. Underestimates Peril if Los Alamos Were to Leak Plutonium, Study Says
Jul 24, 2026 The New York Times
Jul 24, 2026 The New York Times
US DOE negotiating with reactor developers to use surplus plutonium for fuel
May 27, 2026 S&P Global
May 27, 2026 S&P Global
Nuclear watchdogs toured a planned SC plutonium plant. Here’s what they saw.
Apr 22, 2026 SC Daily Gazette
Apr 22, 2026 SC Daily Gazette