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plutonium bomb

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plutonium bomb [plü′tō·nē·əm ′bäm]
(ordnance)
An atomic bomb using plutonium.


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In particular, "on-line" refueling provides three extremely important advantages for the production of plutonium bombs.
Semipalatinsk, which lies along the Irtysh River in East Kazakhstan, was the major nuclear-testing site for the Soviet Union since the first explosion of a plutonium bomb in 1949.
To build a plutonium bomb large enough to kill 100,000 people, all that is needed is a chunk the size of a baseball and a little knowledge.
 
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