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The 13 pages that link to Plutonium-239, each with the reason it gives.

• Uranium-238Related: It is a potential fuel and the key product of uranium-238 breeding.

• PlutoniumBroader topic: Reactor production creates this isotope, which sustains fission in some nuclear systems.

• Nuclear fuelBroader topic: It can serve as reactor fuel after being bred from uranium-238.

• Transuranium elementBroader topic: It is a transuranium isotope with major roles in reactor fuel cycles and nuclear arsenals.

• Spent nuclear fuelBroader topic: Its presence gives some spent fuel potential as recycled reactor fuel.

• Fissile materialBroader topic: It is a major fissile isotope made by neutron capture and radioactive decay.

• AmericiumRelated: Neutron irradiation of plutonium-239 is a route to producing americium.

• Fat ManRelated: Its plutonium core supplied the fissile material for Fat Man's chain reaction.

• Mixed oxide fuelBroader topic: It is a principal fissile isotope in the plutonium oxide blended into MOX.

• CuriumRelated: Curium formed in irradiated nuclear fuel can complicate plutonium production and fuel management.

• NeptuniumRelated: It is the next nuclide in neptunium-239’s production chain.

• Breeder reactorRelated: It is the principal bred fuel in many uranium-based breeder designs.

• Nuclear weapon designBroader topic: Its properties impose different engineering requirements from uranium-235.