special nuclear material

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special nuclear material [′spesh·əl ′nü·klē·ər mə′tir·ē·əl]

(nucleonics)

Fissionable and related material controlled directly by the Atomic Energy Commission, such as uranium enriched in the isotopes²³⁵U and²³³U, and plutonium.

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