The Element Plutonium - Basic Physical and Historical Information ...

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Discovered : by Glenn Seaborg and co-workers in 1940 Isolated in Berkeley, California, USA Origin : The element is named after the planet Pluto. Description : A man-made, radioactive silvery metal extracted in tonnes from spent nuclear fuel rods. In its turn, it can also be used as a nuclear fuel and in nuclear weapons. It is dangerously radioactive and has a half-life of thousands of years.