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    WHAT IS PLUTONIUM?

    Oct 06, 2022 3 minutes
    WORDS LAURA MEARS

    DID YOU KNOW? Plutonium comes after neptunium and before americium in the periodic table

    Plutonium is radioactive, but it doesn’t seem that harmful at first glance. It looks like any other metal, with a silvery sheen that turns dull in contact with the air. Queen Elizabeth II held a piece during a visit to Britain’s Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell in 1957. It was warm to the touch, but it didn’t hurt. Even eating it doesn’t really do

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