Relative to the other elements on the periodic table, the actinides — found at the bottom of the table — are little-understood. And it’s no wonder: That series, which includes well-known elements such ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — The first load of transuranic waste from Oak Ridge, weighing nearly 80,000 pounds, was shipped for disposal under new management, according to a Department of Energy (DOE) ...

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a network of underground excavations at a depth of approximately 658 m (2,160 ft), in bedded salt formations near Carlsbad, New Mexico, in the southeastern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has met its goal to complete eight shipments of transuranic waste to the ...

Los Alamos National Laboratory resumed shipments of transuranic waste yesterday from Technical Area 54 Area G. The shipments are part of an accelerated shipping campaign to remove 3,706 cubic meters ...

Since element 99 -- einsteinium -- was discovered in 1952 from the debris of the first hydrogen bomb, scientists have performed very few experiments with it because it is so hard to create and is ...

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WE have recently had the opportunity of obtaining a very strong preparation of the so-called transuranic elements, which are precipitated with platinum as sulphide in acid solution, from roughly 100 ...