Title: Plutonium, Chemical Element - water, uses, elements, metal, number, name, symbol, property
Headings: PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM
Overview
SYMBOL
Pu
ATOMIC NUMBER
94
ATOMIC MASS
244.0642
Discovery and naming
Physical properties
Chemical properties
Occurrence in nature
Isotopes
Extraction
Uses
Using fuel to make fuel
Compounds
Health effects
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Content: Some reactors are operated primarily to make plutonium, not  to make electricity. These reactors are called breeder reactors because  they generate new fuel as they operate. By contrast, plutonium-239 can be made fairly easily in nuclear power  reactors. It is a by-product, or "waste product," of these reactors. It can be removed from the reactor, purified, and then  re-used to make electrical power. Compounds
No plutonium compounds have any commercial application. Plutonium is one of the most toxic elements known. Scientists do not  handle it directly. They use remote control devices and stand behind  special shielding to protect themselves from the radiation produced by  plutonium. Health effects
Plutonium is one of the most toxic elements known.