The heavy metal uranium is, besides its radioactive reputation, known for its intricate chemistry and diverse bonding ...

In a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, researchers have documented for the first time the ...

Molten uranium trichloride (UCl3) research is advancing next-generation nuclear reactors, and our understanding of nuclear ...

The first appearance of the actinide concept may have been in a 32-column periodic table constructed by Alfred Werner in 1905. Upon determining the arrangement of the lanthanides in the periodic table ...

The heavy metal uranium is, besides its radioactive reputation, known for its intricate chemistry and diverse bonding behaviors. Scientists utilized synchrotron light to explore the unique properties ...

The use of heavy actinide targets, including 243Am, 240,242,244Pu, 245,248Cm, 249Bk, and 249Cf, irradiated by intense heavy ion beams of 48Ca has resulted in a significant expansion of the periodic ...

Experiment findings will help nuclear industry model, design and construct clean nuclear energy systems, and continue an ...

Scientists from The University of Manchester have managed to successfully make actinide metals form molecular actinide-actinide bonds for the first time, opening up a new field of scientific study in ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have uncovered groundbreaking chemistry in molten uranium trichloride, ...

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Where actinide-element multiple bonding is concerned, there is much interest in exploiting understanding of chemical bonding (covalency) in extraction studies, because this could inform attempts to ...

Over time the build-up of those transuranic and actinide isotopes ‘pollute’ the fuel in an LWR to the point where the nuclear chain reaction is far less efficient than with ‘fresh’ fuel rods.