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Definition of Plutonium trigger
1. Noun. A steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives.
Group relationships: A-bomb, Atom Bomb, Atomic Bomb, Fission Bomb, Plutonium Bomb
Generic synonyms: Trigger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plutonium Trigger
Literary usage of Plutonium trigger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Closing the Circle on the Splitting of the Atom: The Environmental Legacy of by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"On a cold morning in December. workers at the Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado loaded
the last plutonium "trigger" for a nuclear warhead into a tractor trailer ..."
2. Closing the Circle on the Splitting of the Atom: The Environmental Legacy of by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"On a cold morning in December. workers at the Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado loaded
the last plutonium "trigger" for a nuclear warhead into a tractor trailer ..."
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