Going Nuclear Episode 7 - Plutonium Production

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The final part of my original plan, covering how plutonium is made for use in weapons, collected and compiled from public sources, this covers the isotopes and how they're transformed by neutron bombardment and radioactive decay.

Thanks to https://twitter.com/ICBMDeputy for the Sandia Labs Shirt!



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