2007-05-31 10:49:37 · 5 answers · asked by tony g 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
1) The most stable isotope is 244Pu, half-life = 80 million years, is found in extremely small quantities in nature.
2) In 2003 there were 50 to 100 238Pu-powered pacemakers implanted and functioning in living patients.
3) Hanford, WA. An estimated 440 billion gallons of contaminated liquids were discharged to the soil since 1944.
4) Natural nuclear fission reactor in Oklo, Gabon.
5) In any nuclear power plant spent fuel storage pool.
2007-05-31 11:43:16 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Al 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where To Find Plutonium
2017-01-13 11:15:25 · answer #2 · answered by baronne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plutonium is made in a nuclear reactor specifically designed to maximize the amount of Pu produced. It is then chemically separated from the other materials and used to make the A-bomb trigger for a thermonuclear device. You yourself cannot make it.
Also, you cannot buy it online or in a catalog. Possession is kept under very strict controls by the governments who do possess it.
2007-05-31 10:55:42 · answer #3 · answered by ChemTeam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One cannot find Pu in nature; one makes it. All the Pu that was created in the Big Bang is long gone. All of the radium also is long gone. We have Ra today because it is a decay product of U and Th.
2007-05-31 10:55:16 · answer #4 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i think you can find plutonium inside power plants
2007-05-31 11:01:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋