Plutonium Pit
nounid
107846·updated May 18, 2026verified
a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
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Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- plutonium trigger
- plural
- Plutonium Pits
- possessive
- Plutonium Pit's
- pluralpossessive
- Plutonium Pits'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
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