Plutonium in troubled reactors, spent fuel pools - The Mainichi Daily News

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(AP) -- The fuel rods at all six reactors at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi complex contain plutonium -- better known as fuel for nuclear weapons. While plutonium is more toxic than uranium, other radioactive elements leaking out are likely to be of greater danger to the general public.

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Plutonium in troubled reactors, spent fuel pools - The Mainichi Daily News
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(AP) -- The fuel rods at all six reactors at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi complex contain plutonium -- better known as fuel for nuclear weapons. While plutonium is more toxic than uranium, other radioactive elements leaking out are likely to be of greater danger to the general public.

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