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minus-squareBussyCat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoPu 239 which is the kind that we use the most since it’s the most fissile has a half-life of around 25k years and alpha decays so its very unlikely that it is heat from radioactivity. It may be heat from forging.
Pu 239 which is the kind that we use the most since it’s the most fissile has a half-life of around 25k years and alpha decays so its very unlikely that it is heat from radioactivity. It may be heat from forging.
It is Plutonium-238.