It includes low-level waste and debris that is classified as transuranic waste because it is contaminated with plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Department of Energy held a briefing in Greene County about the "transuranic" radioactive waste shipments that will start in July. From Wordnik.com. [CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports] Reference
"The stink of transuranic riches must have smelled better.". From Wordnik.com. [Survivors]
He'd been able to create a transuranic isotope that was stable. From Wordnik.com. [Floating City]
They vent the hot cells where we use plutonium and the transuranic isotopes. From Wordnik.com. [Floating City]
It uses U-transuranic nitride fuel in a cassette that is replaced every 15-20 years. From Wordnik.com. [Fast neutron reactors (FBR)] Reference
It contains fission products and transuranic elements generated in the reactor core. From Wordnik.com. [Follow the Democratic Rules Committee meeting online] Reference
Sure, I know what the skeptics will say: "It's all about the transuranic eka-copper.". From Wordnik.com. [Kenneth Hite's Journal] Reference
As simply as possible, Abramanov was hell-bent on creating a stable transuranic isotope. From Wordnik.com. [Floating City]
HLW contains the fission products and transuranic elements generated in the reactor core. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear waste management] Reference
It uses uranium-transuranic nitride fuel in a cassette which is replaced every 15-20 years. From Wordnik.com. [Small nuclear power reactors] Reference
These wastes contain the fission products and transuranic elements generated in the reactor core. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear waste management] Reference
The transuranic isotope 114m had been born in the hot cell Abramanov had had built at Arzamas-16. From Wordnik.com. [Floating City]
He found it unthinkable to give over to his masters the terrible secret of this transuranic isotope. From Wordnik.com. [Floating City]
The process would ultimately reduce the transuranic waste from the original fission reactors by up to 99 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear Fusion-Fission Hybrid Saves The Future] Reference
I always relish the chance to discuss such exotic after-lunch topics as exajoules, radioisotopes, and transuranic waste. From Wordnik.com. [Developing Nations: Our Future Depends on Them] Reference
I wanted to chalk my little soldier blue like Braveheart and cleave that rack like a proton splitting a transuranic atom. From Wordnik.com. [March's CD mixes of the month] Reference
The CFNS would provide abundant neutrons through fusion to a surrounding fission blanket that uses transuranic waste as nuclear fuel. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear Fusion-Fission Hybrid Saves The Future] Reference
You can be certain that Bakkun included precise details of the rich transuranic potential of Ireta when that homing capsule was launched. From Wordnik.com. [Survivors]
In addition, a uranium atom may capture a neutron without splitting, leading the formation of a number of radioactive transuranic elements. From Wordnik.com. [Uranium] Reference
However, all transuranic elements are removed together in the electrometallurgical reprocessing so that fresh fuel has minor actinides with the plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [Advanced nuclear power reactors] Reference
The radiotoxicity of these wastes would be relatively short-lived compared with the actinides (long-lived alpha-emitting transuranic isotopes) from a fission reactor. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear fusion power] Reference
All of the transuranic elements other than plutonium and neptunium are not. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
St. John said transuranic waste is composed only of man-made radioactive elements. From Wordnik.com. [CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports] Reference
• the production of power with few long-lived transuranic elements in the waste. From Wordnik.com. [Thorium] Reference
The end products are residual (unburned) U-238, fission products, and transuranic elements. From Wordnik.com. [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference
Searching Google Scholar for: transuranic farallones brings up, just a few examples from many. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
The final group of waste products is a mixture of transuranic elements including plutonium and neptunium. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
However, the State pressed to gain regulatory authority of transuranic waste, which we cannot agree to by law. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases] Reference
This process of using neutrons to destroy transuranic waste is known in nuclear power circles as "transmutation.". From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
Storage of the high level waste and transuranic wastes can be handled much easier if they are kept separate from the LLW. From Wordnik.com. [NewWest.Net All Headlines] Reference
The Making of "Building Bombs" (Part 3) 2001: The first shipment of transuranic waste was sent to the DOE's Waste Isolation Pilot. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Gov't advised not to sell oil power plants yet] Reference
Named in honour of Albert Einstein, it is the seventh transuranic element and does not occur naturally in any measurable quantities. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
The government's action challenges a recent determination by Ecology Director Tom Fitzsimmons relating to transuranic waste cleanup. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases] Reference
Four of the transuranic elements -- Californium, Berkelium, Lawrencium, and Seaborgium -- are named after accomplishments at Berkeley. From Wordnik.com. [The American Spectator] Reference
This step produces energy, but it does not destroy highly radiotoxic, transuranic, long-lived waste, what the scientists call "sludge.". From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Contamination near a transuranic storage area in southeastern. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
240Pu, 241Pu and 242Pu as well as other transuranic or actinide isotopes. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
Total of some 540 TBq (14,500 Ci) of thorium, uranium, transuranic, and other. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
Pubs. acs.org ... discuss the Pb, Cd, PCB, and selected hydrocarbon and transuranic radionu-clide data. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
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