Antineutrinos to Pose as Alarm Against Plutonium Theft
	During nuclear fission reactions nuclear power plants produce a by-product element known as plutonium, which accumulates on the uranium fuel rods. Plutonium cannot occur naturally on Earth and is extremely important for the fabrication of nuclear bombs because it is used in the detonation mechanism initiating the nuclear fission reaction. Plutonium accumulation of the fuel rods is also extremely hard to track. International Atomic Energ ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 10:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nuclear Waste Threats to Pollute Columbia River
	Nuclear waste is remnant radioactive material resulted from the nuclear weapons program, or from processing in the nuclear power plants, which cannot be further used for other industrial activities. It is usually extremely radioactive, and has half life time in the range of millions of years, thus a solution must be found for the further conversion of these materials as they pose great security threats related to polluting the areas around ... [read more >>]
	28 November 2007, 08:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Actinide Element Curium (Cm) Has Strange Crystal Structure
	Curium (Cm) is a strange element, a heavy actinide that behaves strangely under extreme pressure. Now, a new study provides a better understanding of how the crystal structure of some metals becomes stable through magnetism. It's a synthetic radioactive metallic transuranic element of the actinide series, produced by bombarding plutonium with alpha particles (helium ions) and was named after Marie Curie and her husband Pierre. ... [read more >>]
	07 June 2007, 05:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Superheavy Element “Ununbium” Actually Has Ordinary Chemistry
	Ununbium (Uub) is the 112th element of the periodic table, often alternatively called eka-mercury and a systematic temporary element, part of the superheavy elements called transactinides. Usually, researchers have a hard time catching the slightest glimpse of the superheavy elements at the far edge of the periodic table, because of their extremely short lifespan. Now, a team of researchers led by Robert Eichler of the Pa ... [read more >>]
	04 May 2007, 09:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Unusual Properties of Plutonium
	Plutonium is a radioactive, metallic chemical element, and has been called "the most complex metal" and “a physicist's dream but an engineer's nightmare” for its peculiar physical and chemical properties. It is the element used in most modern nuclear weapons and power plants, and contrary to popular beliefs propagated by the movie industry, it does not glow green. However, while the complex nuclear characteristic ... [read more >>]
	05 April 2007, 09:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia