Where can plutonium be found in nature?

Answer 1

Plutonium was discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg, Edwin M. McMillan, Joseph W. Kennedy and Arthur C. Wahl at the Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California (United States) after the bombardment of uranium with deuterons.

Now plutonium is obtained in nuclear reactors. Uranium minerals are accompanied by plutonium in extremely insignificant traces.

Answer 2

Plutonium is a synthetic element not found in nature in significant amounts. It is produced by humans as a byproduct of nuclear reactions in nuclear reactors and atomic bombs. Any trace amounts found in nature would be due to human activities.

Answer 3

Plutonium is a man made element it was discovered in Berkeley California.

Plutonium was discovered in 1940 by Glenn T. Seaborg, Edwin M. McMillan, Joseph W. Kennedy, and Arthur C. Wahl at the Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California (United States) after the bombardment of uranium with deuterons.

Now plutonium is obtained in the nuclear reactors. Uranium minerals are accompanied by plutonium in extremely insignificant traces.

Answer 4

Trace amounts of two plutonium isotopes (Pu-239 and Pu-244) can be found in nature. Tiny amounts of Pu-244 occur naturally because it is formed as a minor decay product in uranium ores. Even smaller traces of Pu-239, a few parts per trillion, and its decay products are naturally found in some concentrated ores of uranium. An example of an area is Cigar Lake Mine, an undeveloped high grade uranium deposit, located in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, Canada.

Answer 5

Plutonium is obtained in nuclear reactors from uranium:

238

92U + 0n ------92239U------ β ----- 93239Np------- β --------23994Pu

Plutonium exist in ultratraces in uranium ores, in areas of nuclear weapons tests or near nuclear fuels recycling facilities.

Answer 6

Plutonium is obtained from nuclear reactors wastes by nuclear fuel reprocessing in: United States, Russia, United Kingdom, China, Japan, France, India, Pakistan and probably in small quantities in another countries.

Answer 7

Plutonium can be found accompanying uranium minerals but only in insignificant traces.

Plutonium is obtained as an industrial product in nuclear reactors.

Answer 8

It only exists in trace quantities in nature; for all practical purposes, it is an artificial element.

Answer 9

Plutonium is an artificial element. It is possible to found plutonium in very small traces in uranium ores and also, sometimes in soils (as a consequence of nuclear weapons experiments).

Answer 10

Plutonium is obtained in nuclear reactors; in the nature plutonium exist only as ultratraces.