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- [[Image:Plutonium pellet.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A pellet of plutonium-238, glowing under its own light, used for radioisotope thermoelectric generators ...37 KB (5,382 words) - 08:10, 24 November 2022
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- isotope curium-242 is the precursor to plutonium-238, the most common fuel ... use. Curium-242 is the precursor to plutonium-238, which is the most common ...10 KB (1,354 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- ===Precursor in plutonium-238 production=== The isotope 237Np can be irradiated with neutrons to create 238Pu, a rare plutonium isotope useful ...11 KB (1,451 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- Americium (chemical symbol Am, atomic number 95) is a radioactive, synthetic metallic element, classified as an actinide. It was the fourth transuranic ...9 KB (1,328 words) - 06:50, 25 July 2023
- Einsteinium (chemical symbol Es, atomic number 99) is a synthetic element in the periodic table. A metallic, highly radioactive, transuranic element ...7 KB (940 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- Fermium (chemical symbol Fm, atomic number 100) is a synthetic element in the periodic table. A highly radioactive metallic transuranic element ...7 KB (998 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- If a chemical element can exist in two or more different forms, the forms are known as allotropes of the element, and this type of behavior is ...5 KB (685 words) - 08:09, 23 July 2023
- [[Image:Plutonium pellet.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A pellet of plutonium-238, glowing under its own light, used for radioisotope thermoelectric generators ...37 KB (5,382 words) - 08:10, 24 November 2022
- Thorium (chemical symbol Th, atomic number 90) is a naturally occurring, slightly radioactive metal and is a member of the actinide series. It ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- Nuclear fission is the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into parts (lighter nuclei), often producing photons (in the form of gamma rays), ...31 KB (4,827 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- The Manhattan Project was the project undertaken during World War II by the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada to develop the first ...52 KB (8,009 words) - 11:05, 9 March 2023
- against than other forms of radioactive decay. Plutonium-238, for example, requires only 2.5 mm of lead shielding to protect against unwanted radiation. ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- Uranium (chemical symbol U, atomic number 92) is a silvery metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table. The heaviest ...48 KB (6,867 words) - 15:33, 16 January 2024
- bismuth and tellurium. Polonium (in common with plutonium-238) has the ability to become airborne with ease. To explain this phenomenon, one hypothesis ...11 KB (1,554 words) - 08:39, 24 November 2022
- A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate, as opposed to a nuclear ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- Glenn Theodore Seaborg (April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999) won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of ...29 KB (4,299 words) - 07:54, 24 January 2023
- Protactinium (chemical symbol Pa, atomic number 91) is a member of the actinide series of chemical elements. It is a toxic, highly radioactive ...9 KB (1,150 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- Beryllium (chemical symbol Be, atomic number 4) ranks among the lightest of all known metals. Steel-gray in color, it is strong but brittle. ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 17:26, 29 September 2023
- North Korea claims to possess nuclear weapons, and the CIA asserts that it has a substantial arsenal of chemical weapons. North Korea, a member ...25 KB (3,635 words) - 06:33, 16 November 2022
- Samarium (chemical symbol Sm, atomic number 62) is a bright silvery metal that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical elements. It ...11 KB (1,437 words) - 02:07, 23 December 2022
- Nuclear power is a type of nuclear technology involving the controlled use of nuclear reactions to release energy for work, including propulsion ...49 KB (7,262 words) - 10:10, 11 March 2023
