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Weapon--Grade

Nuclear material which is most suitable to making nuclear weapons, such as uranium when highly enriched (up to 93% of uranium 235) or plutonium whose isotopic content in 239Pu exceeds 90%.

Glossary Source

JRC EU CBRNe Glossary
( EU Glossary on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive risks )
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC128863/JRC128863_01.pdf