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The 21 pages that link to Plutonium, each with the reason it gives.

• Nuclear proliferationRelated: Plutonium separated from spent fuel can provide a route to a nuclear weapon.

• ActinideBroader topic: Plutonium-239 is fissile and is used in nuclear fuel and weapons.

• Glenn T. SeaborgBroader topic: Seaborg co-led the work that established plutonium as a new element.

• UraniumCompared with: Plutonium can be bred from uranium-238 and has different fuel-cycle properties.

• Trinity testRelated: The Gadget used a plutonium core driven into a supercritical state by implosion.

• Transuranium elementBroader topic: Its discovery showed that transuranium elements could be made in substantial quantities.

• Plutonium-239Narrower topic: Plutonium-239 is a particularly significant isotope within this element’s radioactive and fissile forms.

• Hanford SiteBroader topic: Producing this element was the central purpose of Hanford’s wartime complex.

• Edwin McMillanBroader topic: McMillan initiated the research that led to plutonium's discovery with Glenn T. Seaborg and colleagues.

• NagasakiRelated: The Nagasaki bomb used plutonium-239 as its fission fuel.

• AmericiumCompared with: Plutonium immediately precedes americium and is an important starting material for its production.

• Mixed oxide fuelNarrower topic: The discovery and production of reactor plutonium made plutonium-bearing fuel possible.

• Soviet atomic bomb projectRelated: The project’s first bomb used plutonium produced in Soviet nuclear reactors.

• CuriumCompared with: It is a lighter reactor-produced actinide that can be transformed into curium by neutron irradiation.

• North Korean nuclear programRelated: Reprocessing spent fuel from Yongbyon’s reactor has provided a route to weapons-usable plutonium.

• Actinide seriesBroader topic: Its isotopes support reactor fuel cycles and nuclear weapons.

• NeptuniumCompared with: Plutonium follows neptunium in the periodic table and shares its reactor origins.

• Actinide conceptBroader topic: Its chemistry supplied evidence for its placement among the actinides.

• EinsteiniumCompared with: Unlike einsteinium, plutonium can be obtained in quantities large enough for practical applications.

• Period 7 elementBroader topic: It illustrates how period 7 includes elements with major nuclear applications.

• Karen SilkwoodNarrower topic: Silkwood’s work involved plutonium, the material at the center of her contamination reports.