Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made a groundbreaking ...

uranium-237, neptunium-237 and a selection of others. In true hacker fashion, he detected these with a gamma ray spectroscope he has in his spare bedroom, shielded from other sources with lead ...

small amounts of transuranics (elements heavier than uranium, such as neptunium, plutonium and americium) and fission products such as technetium-99. As a result, the depleted uranium by-product from ...

The U-239 then decayed in a two-step process, first turning into neptunium-239 (Np-239) and subsequently into Pu-239. To limit the build-up of unwanted byproducts, the reaction would be stopped after ...

The IAEA also estimated in its quarterly report that as of Feb. 8, Iran’s overall stockpile of enriched uranium stands at 8,294.4 kilograms (18,286 pounds), which represents an increase of 1,690 ...

An international team of researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a new method for analyzing actinides. The method provides unique insights into the electronic ...

The actinides include 14 metallic elements in the periodic system. They include thorium, uranium, neptunium, plutonium and americium. Atoms of these elements have between 90 and 103 electrons ...

VIENNA (AP) — Iran has accelerated its production of near weapons-grade uranium as tensions between Tehran and Washington rise after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, a report by the ...