Sentences with phrase «irradiated neptunium»
The lab irradiated neptunium - 237, and these juiced - up atoms decayed into plutonium - 238, which the engineers isolated and shipped off to be turned into pellets.
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The irradiated pellets are then dissolved and ORNL staff use a chemical process to separate the plutonium from remaining neptunium.
They use the High Flux Isotope Reactor, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at ORNL, to irradiate the pellets, creating neptunium - 238, which quickly decays and becomes plutonium - 238.