A naturally radioactive element of the actinide metals series. It has the atomic symbol Pu, and atomic number 94. Plutonium is used as a nuclear fuel, to produce radioisotopes for research, in radionuclide batteries for pacemakers, and as the agent of fission in nuclear weapons.
    

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Full body burden : growing up in the shadow of a secret nuclear facility / Kristen Iversen.

The toxicity of plutonium, americium, and curium / J.C. Nenot, J.W. Stather.

The metabolism of compounds of plutonium and other actinides : a report / Adopted by the Commission in May 1972.

The plutonium files : America's secret medical experiments in the Cold War / Eileen Welsome.

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Full body burden : growing up in the shadow of a secret nuclear facility / Kristen Iversen.

The toxicity of plutonium, americium, and curium / J.C. Nenot, J.W. Stather.

The metabolism of compounds of plutonium and other actinides : a report / Adopted by the Commission in May 1972.

The plutonium files : America's secret medical experiments in the Cold War / Eileen Welsome.