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Monday, August 26, 2024

Weapons grade plutonium has a half life of 24,110 years

One of the meltdowns at Fukushima in 2011 from the Tsunami and Earthquake was reprocessing Weapons grade Plutonium by the way. So, this is now continuing to wash slowly into the ocean because technologically there is no permanent way to prevent this getting into the water table there and going into the ocean slowly or quickly.

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Plutonium-239 - Wikipedia
Weapons-grade plutonium is defined as containing no more than 7% 240Pu; this is achieved by only exposing 238U to neutron sources for short periods of time to minimize the 240Pu produced. Plutonium is classified according to the percentage of the contaminant plutonium-240 that it contains: Supergrade 2–3%

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How long does weapons-grade plutonium last?
The most stable isotopes are plutonium-244, with a half-life of 80.8 million years; plutonium-242, with a half-life of 373,300 years; and plutonium-239—the isotope of greatest interest—with a half-life of 24,110 years.
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