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Uranium vs Plutonium

The RaLa Experiment by Our Own Devices

. Source. Has some good mentions of Uranium vs Plutonium in nuclear weapon design.

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Weapon grade Plutonium is cheaper than weapon grade Uranium

Because you can generate plutonium-239 from uranium-238 in a breeder reactor, and then separate the plutonium-239 from the Uranium simply by using chemistry methods because you've created an element with different valence electrons.

Isn't it somewhat funny that it is easier to purify a synthetic element than a naturally occurring one?

Uranium vs plutonium Quora answer by Ciro Santilli

www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-plutonium-and-uranium/answer/Ciro-Santilli

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