Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch form of
pull .
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- noun chemistry Symbol for
plutonium .
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- noun a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239
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Examples
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(Note that its isotopic cousin Pu-239 is even more sensitive.)
NASA Running Low on Pu 238 - Production to Restart - NASA Watch 2009
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December 8, 2009, 12: 20 pm rxc: perlhaqr: Pu is not very toxic when ingested.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » My Personal Experience with Climate Alarmist Spin 2009
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Bernie Cohen (a helth physics professor at Pitt) offered to eat the same mass in Pu if Ralph Nader would eat the same mass in caffiene, and of course the offer was refused, because the caffiene would kill very quickly, while the Pu would not.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » My Personal Experience with Climate Alarmist Spin 2009
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The primary hazard of Pu is inhalation of small particles, and even that is not really bad.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » My Personal Experience with Climate Alarmist Spin 2009
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He posted an online account of his interrogation by Beijing police officials, which included one of them calling Pu a
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He posted an online account of his interrogation by Beijing police officials, which included one of them calling Pu a
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But Washington allowed Pulaski to organize an independent corps, dubbed the Pułaski Cavalry Legion.
mental_floss Blog 2009
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He said that he knew and appreciated the Russian Ambassador "Pu" in Peiping.
Mannerheim & The Dalai Lama Matterhorn 2009
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He said that he knew and appreciated the Russian Ambassador "Pu" in Peiping.
Archive 2009-05-01 Matterhorn 2009
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I was thinking radioactives like 'Pu' would be the unstable release candidate series
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