This is an interesting little story of the dangers that we associate with radioactivity. There's a certain form of radioactive metal that is widely used throughout the world. Out in the real world ...

LOS ALAMOS — Los Alamos National Laboratory is converting part of the waste stream from plutonium purification into a steady, sustainable supply of the coveted element americium, which is used for ...

Obtaining power from nuclear fission is one of the cleanest and most efficient ways to feed our energy-thirsty civilization; however, there is the thorny issue of what to do with the toxic, ...

Orano and Perpetual Atomics Sign Agreement for Sourcing Americium-241 from Spent Nuclear Fuel Recycling to Create Space-based Power Systems Americium-241 from Orano's spent nuclear fuel recycling ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has embarked on an innovative project to develop a small nuclear battery that converts the decay heat of americium—a radioactive waste—into electricity. This ...

Scientists can remove americium from nuclear waste to make it safer pidjoe/iStock A new way to make nuclear waste safer has been developed. The technique aims to remove americium from waste, one of ...

Americium isotope Am 241 was identified by a group of researchers at the University of Chicago in 1944 and was the fourth trans-uranium element to be discovered, via successive neutron capture ...

Among the many science toys that have fallen out of fashion since we started getting nervous around things like mercury, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and radiation is the spinthariscope, which let people ...