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Plutonium bombs require carefully produced materials

Plutonium nuclear bombs are much harder to make than uranium-235 bombs and require relatively pure Pu-239. Special reactors specifically targeted for transmutation rather than power production have always been used to produce this material.

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Plutonium bombs require carefully produced materials
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