• Question: what is plutonium

    Asked by 338putk52 to Pete on 15 Nov 2017.
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      Pete Gwynne answered on 15 Nov 2017:


      plutonium is a radioactive metal. because it’s radioactive it’s quite dangerous but luckily it’s very rare in natural world. you can use it to make nuclear energy, though – a lot of space probes are powered by plutonium, and so is the Curiosity rover on Mars.

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