transuranic
Americanadjective
adjective
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(of an element) having an atomic number greater than that of uranium
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of, relating to, or having the behaviour of transuranic elements
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Etymology
Origin of transuranic
C20: from trans- + uranic , from uranium
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Weissenborn and Hennig are already conducting additional experiments focused on highly radioactive transuranic phases found in the remaining debris.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Currently, the repository is licensed to take what is known as transuranic waste, or waste generated by the nation’s nuclear weapons program that is contaminated with radioactive elements heavier than uranium.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
Officials hope the new infrastructure will help finish the job of treating some 65,000 cubic meters of Idaho’s transuranic nuclear waste before a looming 2018 deadline.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 24, 2016
More than 600 metres below ground near Carlsbad, New Mexico, is the world's only operating deep geological repository currently accepting transuranic nuclear waste: that contaminated by elements heavier than uranium.
From Nature ● Jan. 12, 2016
It would also be the first element heavier than uranium ever found—the first transuranic.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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