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Title:
Plutonium
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Subject Terms:
NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems; Understanding the Atom Series; NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems; plutonium; production; plutonium 238; radioisotope heat sources; reactor fuel
Document Type:
BOOK
Publication Date:
1964 Jan 01
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
60 pages
Accession Number:
Atom44
Originating Research Org.:
US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
OpenNet Entry Date:
2014 Jun 25
OpenNet Modified Date:
2014 Jun 28
Description/Abstract:
This pamphlet discusses plutonium from discovery to its production, separation, properties, fabrication, handling, and uses, including use as a reactor fuel and use in isotope power generators and neutron sources.