Aug

9

A Better Smaller Cheaper Uranium Fuel to be a Catalyst

August 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Scientists at Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) using light energy have created a rare molecular uranium nitride (U-N) complex. The constructed molecule contains a discrete terminal “U-N unit”, a situation where just one nitrogen atom is bonded to the one uranium atom. Prior work had the nitrogen atom always been bonded to two or more […]

Jul

3

A Big Nuclear Breakthrough

July 3, 2012 | 1 Comment

Dr. Stephen Liddle in the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham leads a team that seems to be first to create a stable version of a uranium ‘trophy molecule’, a compound that has eluded scientists for decades. The research paper has been published in the journal Science.  The Nottingham chemistry team has shown […]

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