Every now and again, the Sahara Desert in North Africa will kick up a storm and spread dust clouds across Europe and other ...

Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have successfully synthesized a ...

Plutonium isotopes, particularly 239 Pu and 240 Pu, have become significant markers for understanding anthropogenic impacts on marine environments, especially following mid-twentieth century ...

The isotope ratios of 238 Pu/ 239+240 Pu, so far unprecedented in the literature, have been for the first time observed in the cryoconite of the Exploradores Glacier in Patagonia.

Plutonium isotopes, particularly 239Pu and 240Pu, are significant in understanding the environmental impact of nuclear activities and global fallout. These isotopes, along with other radionuclides ...

The BN-800 fast reactor is the only fast neutron reactor in the world generating electricity for a national grid on a sizable ...

But despite its tarnished reputation, some people quite literally have a place in their hearts for plutonium because one of its isotopes, plutonium­-238, generates so much heat when it decays, that it ...

Different isotopes of a single chemical element are distinguished ... Next, the nuclear reaction products were chemically separated by means of the plutonium-uranium extraction (PUREX) process. First, ...

These consist of roughly 3% waste isotopes, 1% plutonium isotopes, and 96% uranium isotopes. This waste is high in transuranic elements, which have half-lives measured in many thousands of years.

This isotope of hydrogen is called deuterium ... concentrated in a rare form of uranium (U-235)—or converted into plutonium (Pu-239). Heavy water can play a role in breeding weapons-grade ...

These consist of roughly 3% waste isotopes, 1% plutonium isotopes, and 96% uranium isotopes. This waste is high in transuranic elements, which have half-lives measured in many thousands of years.