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2. Plutonium processing constraints
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2.1 Plutonium characteristics
The plutonium in irradiated fuel is a mixture of isotopes: plutonium 238 to 242 in varying proportions depending on the original fuel (table 2 ). As each isotope has its own characteristics (table 3 ), plutonium's properties are highly dependent on its origin....
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