A dense silvery radioactive metallic transuranic element belonging to the actinoids; a.n. 94; mass number of most stable isotope 244 (half-life 7.6 × 107 years); r.d. 19.84; m.p. 641°C; b.p. 3232°C. Thirteen isotopes are known, by far the most important being plutonium-239 (half-life 2.44 × 104 years), which undergoes nuclear fission with slow neutrons and is therefore a vital power source for nuclear weapons and some nuclear reactors. About 20 tonnes of plutonium are produced annually by the world’s nuclear reactors. The element was first produced by Glenn Seaborg, Edwin McMillan, Joseph Kennedy, and Arthur Wahl in 1940.
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