Nuclear Chemist Question:
Tell me what is plutonium? Is it a metal like uranium?
Answer:
Plutonium is, in fact, a metal very like uranium. If you hold it [in] your hand (and I've held tons of it my hand, a pound or two at a time), it's heavy, like lead. It's toxic, like lead or arsenic, but not much more so.
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