Scientists from the University of Manchester and Los Alamos National Laboratory have reported the first-ever plutonium carbenes (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12719) . Besides being ...

Plutonium-238 (238Pu) undergoes α- decay with a half-life of 87.7 years and an average ray energy of 5.49 MeV, which can continuously release heat and provide a heat source for this scenario ...

The paper’s title is “ Improved Disposition of Surplus Weapons-Grade Plutonium Using a Metallic Pu-Zr Fuel Design.” The paper was co-authored by Braden Goddard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor ...

A multibillion-pound plant to process plutonium is expected to bring thousands of skilled jobs in the coming decades, the government has said. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said the ...