Assertion: plutonium | /r/HasProperty | dangerous
Facets:
value: extremely
type: DEGREE
value: principally
type: DEGREE
value: as an inhalant
type: MANNER
value: owing to its intense radioactivity
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: That said, there is no doubt that plutonium may be extremely dangerous when handled incorrectly.
text: We see from Table I that Pu is dangerous principally when inhaled as a fine dust.
text: Plutonium is an extremely dangerous poison; it collects in the bones and interferes with the production of white blood cells.
text: Plutonium is a dangerous substance that has been used in explosives for a long time.
text: Plutonium is a very dangerous radiological hazard.
text: Where they are highly dangerous is if they are inhaled.
text: That said, there is no doubt that plutonium is extremely dangerous.
text: Since plutonium is dangerous principally if inhaled, it should be compared with other materials which are dangerous to inhale.
text: Plutonium is dangerous owing to its intense radioactivity.
text: Why plutonium is so dangerous
text: When used to build weapons, plutonium is extremely dangerous.
text: It is clear from Table I that Pu is dangerous principally as an inhalant, so we now consider the consequences of a dispersal of Pu powder in a populated area.
text: The reason why the legal requirement on plutonium releases is so stringent is not because Pu is so dangerous, but because the technology is available for keeping the releases that low, and in fact this technology is very close to present practice.
text: As previously noted, the reason they are required is not because Pu is so dangerous -- one fatality every 300 years is surely a trivial problem when burning coal, our only viable alternative to nuclear energy, is killing 10,000 people every year with its air pollution -- but because the public is afraid of plutonium.
text: Because Pu is dangerous principally as an inhalant, we compare it in Table III with quantities of other poisonous inhalants produced in the U.S.
text: Plutonium is an extremely dangerous poison; it collects in the bones and interferes with the production of white blood cells.
text: Plutonium is an extremely dangerous poison; it collects in the bones and interferes with the production of white blood cells.