Monitoring of transuranic actinides (TRU–includes neptunium, plutonium, americium, and curium) during the separation of used nuclear fuel has been identified as a critical research area in the U.S. Advanced Fuel Cycle Research and Development program (AFC R&D). Recycling of used fuel by chemically separating it into uranium, fission products, and TRU would be the first step in this new fuel cyc...

Stereoisomers of monoamide highlight the importance extractant chirality for U/Pu extraction.

The interest to perform laser spectroscopy in the heaviest elements arises from strong impact of relativistic effects, electron correlations and quantum electrodynamics on their atomic structure. Once this structure is well understood, also provides access nuclear properties such as spins, mean square charge radii electromagnetic moments a nuclear-model independent way. This particular for acti...