transuranic

• This process of using neutrons to destroy transuranic waste is known in nuclear power circles as "transmutation." —  U.S. News
• Overall, there are roughly 400,000 cubic feet of plutonium-contaminated [ "transuranic"] waste housed at the facility, much of it generated by LANL's own nuclear weapons activities. —  Indybay newswire
• Therefore, in principle, the subcritical nuclear reactor may be able to convert all transuranic elements into (generally) short-lived fission products and yield some energy in the process. —  Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth
• Four of the transuranic elements -- Californium, Berkelium, Lawrencium, and Seaborgium -- are named after accomplishments at Berkeley. —  The American Spectator
• They include retrieval of buried transuranic waste - typically debris such as clothing, equipment and pipes left over from nuclear weapons production - that has been contaminated both with plutonium and hazardous chemicals.

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