(ELI5) I just read that plutonium is very rare. I have little to no knowledge of science etc. where in the natural world does it come from? How do you source it?

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(ELI5) I just read that plutonium is very rare. I have little to no knowledge of science etc. where in the natural world does it come from? How do you source it?

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other than trace amounts Plutonium doesnt occur naturally. its either a result of heavily enriching uranium(as an express effort ot make plutonium) or as a by product of some types of nuclear reactors

the trace amounts there may be will be because at some point it did exist naturally, but it all decayed over time since it has a relatively short half life(very unstable).