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Major actinide — Major actinides is a term used in the nuclear power industry that refers to the plutonium and uranium present in used nuclear fuel, as opposed to the minor actinides neptunium, americium, curium, berkelium, and californium. Categories:… … Wikipedia
Actinides in the environment — refer to the sources, environmental behaviour and effects of actinides in the environment. Environmental radioactivity is not limited solely to actinides; also, actinides such as uranium and radium specifically are of note. Inhalation versus… … Wikipedia
Technetium — molybdenum ← technetium → ruthenium Mn ↑ Tc ↓ Re … Wikipedia
Minor actinide — Transmutation flow between 238Pu and 244Cm in LWR.[1] Fission percentage is 100 minus shown percentages. Total rate of transmutation varies greatly by nuclide. 245Cm–248Cm are long lived with negligible decay. The minor actinides are the actinide… … Wikipedia
PUREX raffinate — The term PUREX raffinate is a better term for the mixture of metals in nitric acid which are left behind when the uranium and plutonium have been removed by the PUREX process from a nuclear fuel dissolution liquor. This mixture is often known as… … Wikipedia
Actinide — The atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki had a plutonium charge.[1] The actinide or actinoid (IUPAC nomenclature) series encompasses the 15 metallic chemical elements with atomic numbers from 89 to 103, actinium thro … Wikipedia
Fermium — Not to be confused with Ferrum , the Latin name for Iron. einsteinium ← fermium → mendelevium … Wikipedia
Nuclear reprocessing — technology was developed to chemically separate and recover fissionable plutonium from irradiated nuclear fuel.[1] Reprocessing serves multiple purposes, whose relative importance has changed over time. Originally reprocessing was used solely to… … Wikipedia
Protactinium — thorium ← protactinium → uranium Pr ↑ Pa ↓ … Wikipedia
Radioactive waste — 2007 ISO radioactivity danger logo, designed in part for long term radioactive waste depositories which might survive into a far future time in which all knowledge of the meaning of present common radiation danger symbols and signs has been lost… … Wikipedia
