Sentences with phrase «other actinides»

In 1991 a fuel recycling plant was attached to the reactor which retrieves uranium, plutonium and other actinides from reactor waste and recycles them as new fuel.
In plutonium bombs, for example, the fissile isotope is plutonium - 239, made in nuclear reactors and extracted by reprocessing spent fuel, which contains a mix of plutonium isotopes and other actinides like americium.
Uranium, plutonium and the other actinides are then extracted electrically.
The molecular - level results provide key fundamental insights into the distinctively different chemistries of protactinium and the other actinides in aqueous solutions.
Results: In the quest for safe methods of storing nuclear waste, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Curtin University, Australia are investigating radiation effects on candidate materials for immobilizing plutonium and other actinides.
At the back end, GNEP proposes that the lessors separate the plutonium and other actinides and use this material themselves as fuel in a new kind of «burner» reactor.
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