Learn more about Isotopes
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June 6, 2016For decades, nuclear theorists have predicted that the neutron-rich barium isotopes near mass number 144 are centered in one of only two or threeNuclear Physics
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May 17, 2016New elements and nuclei establishing the existence of the Island of Stability and expanding the Periodic Table of Elements were produced in hotNuclear Physics
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April 5, 2016The DOE Office of Science’s Nuclear Physics Isotope Development and Production for Research and Applications program (DOE Isotope Program) seeks to make critical isotopes more readily available for energy, medical, and national security applications ...Office of Technology Commercialization
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February 29, 2016Measurements of ANCs over the past decade have provided new information about rates of many stellar reactions that involve capturing a proton byNuclear Physics
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June 9, 2015Since the beginning of the space race, the Energy Department and its National Labs have been supplying the space power systems and instruments that make missions across our solar system, and the discoveries they uncover, possible.Energy.gov
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June 9, 2015Explore the history of nuclear power systems in U.S. space exploration -- from early satellites to the moon, Mars and beyond.Energy.gov
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June 18, 2014As part of our How Energy Works series, this blog explains how particle accelerators work.Energy.gov
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April 12, 2013LM has a long-term stewardship mission to protect human health and the environment from the legacy of underground nuclear testing.Office of Legacy Management
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Press ReleasesJanuary 5, 2012The first shipment of inventory from ORNL's Building 3019 arrived at the Nevada Nuclear Security Site, marking the beginning of the end for the 50-year old Uranium-233 national storage facility. This initial programmatic transfer included a valuable in...Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleasesApril 6, 2010An international team of scientists from Russia and the United States, including two Department of Energy national laboratories and two universities, has discovered the newest superheavy element, element 117.Office of Nuclear Energy