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Questions for Discussion: Nuclear Reaction: Plutonium

  • What is plutonium?
  • What are the dangers of plutonium?
  • How is plutonium contained so that people are not exposed to its radiation?
  • Why doesn't the United States reuse the plutonium from its nuclear power plants as an energy source?
  • How do you think plutonium is packaged so that it can be transported without exposing people to radiation?