plutonium, uranium, and how a metal can be used as a power source

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Title, how can such a small amount of metal be so powerful/potentially destructive? How is the power extracted? What makes it so dangerous? Any other interesting facts?

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Basically they are so heavy that they fall apart and release heat in the process, that heat can be used to drive turbines and generate electricity. There are ways to make them fall apart faster releasing even more heat in the process.

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