First known as element 61 in the periodic table ... of californium-252 and plutonium-238 separated from curium and neptunium targets, respectively, that were exposed to intense neutron radiation ...

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Heavy element researchers have been keen to lock ... protactinocene from protactinium, neptunocene from neptunium, and ...

Heavy element researchers have been keen to lock down the 15 radioactive elements in ... protactinocene from protactinium, neptunocene from neptunium, and plutonocene from plutonium. And in recent ...

Unlike natural uranium, the reprocessed uranium contained anthropogenic (man-made) radionuclides including the uranium isotope U-236, small amounts of transuranics (elements heavier than uranium, such ...

Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States ...

Uranium materials with well-defined micro-scale morphologies have diverse applications in the nuclear industry. A key example is their use in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), where ...