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  • Ronen originally worked on Neptonium 237 for the purpose denaturing plutonium, but switched to Americium, which is meant for pressurized water reactors (PWRs), such as the one being built in Iran.

    Research & Development Today's News 2009

  • Why, yes: Californium, Einsteinium, Americium, and Europium are each actual 20th-c "discovered" (i. e: studied & tested) elements which are rightfully placed in sequence on the Periodic Table of the elements.

    Cool Stuff: Unobtanium T-Shirt | /Film 2010

  • Celebrating US science, I've covered two elements - Americium the only element whose discovery was announced on a children's radio quiz and Californium, an element that failed the naming conventions.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Brian Clegg 2009

  • “When the safe had corroded enough to release the Americium, the radiation hit that big ruby that Kate Winslet threw overboard, ‘My Heart Will Go On’ and whoosh!”

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Small Pepsi challenge. 2009

  • My detectors will last about 10 years; the Americium has a half-live of over 450 years.

    Archive 2008-10-01 doyle 2008

  • The Americium in your home sits inside a disc wrapped in gold.

    Archive 2008-10-01 doyle 2008

  • My detectors will last about 10 years; the Americium has a half-live of over 450 years.

    Instant safety doyle 2008

  • The Americium in your home will eventually end up in a landfill if you throw it out.

    Archive 2008-10-01 doyle 2008

  • The Americium in your home will eventually end up in a landfill if you throw it out.

    Instant safety doyle 2008

  • The Americium in your home sits inside a disc wrapped in gold.

    Instant safety doyle 2008

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