Quantum Leap: INL Discovers New Behavior in Plutonium That Could Reshape Nuclear Science
June 05, 2026
June 05, 2026
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, June 5 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release:
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A quantum leap: INL discovers new behavior in plutonium that could reshape nuclear science
Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, plutonium has been studied closely for more than eight decades. It� . . .
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A quantum leap: INL discovers new behavior in plutonium that could reshape nuclear science
Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, plutonium has been studied closely for more than eight decades. It� . . .