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Record 1 - external organization data 2012-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Plutonium. Symbol Pu. A heavy, radioactive, man-made metallic element with atomic number 94. Its most important isotope is fissionable239Pu, produced by neutron irradiation of238U.

OBS

Symbol: 239Pu: The number 239 is a superscript.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Le plutonium 239 (émetteur alpha, d'énergie 5,14 MeV, et de 24 390 ans de période) est aujourd'hui obtenu dans les réacteurs nucléaires.

OBS

symbole : 239Pu : le nombre 239 est en exposant.

Spanish

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