Assertion: plutonium | /r/HasProperty | derived
Facets:
value: from uranium-238
type: OTHER
value: almost certainly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The plutonium used in the bomb test was almost certainly derived from the Calder Hall/Chapelcross reactors then operating as military plutonium production reactors (see Reference 3 below).
text: Two major types of atomic bombs were developed by the United States during World War II: a uranium-based device (codenamed "Little Boy") whose fissile material was highly enriched uranium, and a plutonium-based device (see Trinity test and "Fat Man") whose plutonium was derived from uranium-238.
text: The name plutonium is derived from the name of the Latin god Pluto.