A researcher works at the charging-sampling hot cell of the experimental Thorium Molten Salt Reactor at the Wuwei campus of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics in ...

US startup Ampera has produced what it claims is the first 3D-printed nuclear reactor module. The firm says it is working towards delivering scalable, emission-free power for datacenters, defense ...

A research team led by Chinese scientists has synthesized a novel, extremely neutron-deficient isotope, protactinium-210, for the first time, laying the foundation for new element synthesis ...

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Look along the bottom row of a standard periodic table and, at number 108, you’ll find meitnerium. A highly radioactive element that doesn’t exist in nature, the half-life of its most stable element ...

The use of radioisotopes in cancer therapy is becoming increasingly important. As a potential candidate for targeted alpha therapy, 230U (t1/2 = 20.8 d), the decay daughter of 230Pa (t1/2 = 17.4 d) is ...

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In a major scientific breakthrough, Chinese researchers have created a brand-new type of atomic nucleus never seen before—protactinium-210. This new isotope is the most neutron-deficient version of ...