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actinide
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ac·ti·nide (kt-nd)
n.
Any of a series of chemically similar radioactive elements with atomic numbers ranging from 89 (actinium) through 103 (lawrencium).


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The workshop concluded that the potential of current fusion technology to utilize the actinides for generating energy and destroying long-lived fission products calls for a greater international effort in the area of fusion driven sub-critical systems The Workshop recommends that a series of steps be carried out by the technical community leading to a woof-of-principle.
The Integral Fast Reactor's fuel cycle is the first one capable of taking actinides such as neptunium, americium, and plutonium and automatically putting them back--integrating them quickly and automatically--into the nuclear fuel stream.
 
 
 
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