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Transmutation

Transmutation is a nuclear process in the back-end fuel cycle whereby radioactive isotopes are transformed into different elements or isotopes through neutron capture or induced fission, thereby altering their decay characteristics and reducing long-term radiotoxicity.

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Artificial Transmutation of the Gene

Science · 1927 · 1.3K citations

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Artificial transmutation of the gene

Karen Charleston · 1996 · 971 citations

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Nuclear energy generation and waste transmutation using an accelerator-driven intense thermal neutron source

C. D. Bowman, E.D. Arthur, P.W. Lisowski et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment · 1992 · 566 citations · Full text

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Superconductivity in strongly correlated electronic systems and confinement versus deconfinement phenomenon

P. Wiegmann · Physical Review Letters · 1988 · 484 citations

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Radioactive waste partitioning and transmutation within advanced fuel cycles: Achievements and challenges

M. Salvatores, G. Palmiotti · Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics · 2010 · 454 citations

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    M. Salvatores

    Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, France

    13 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. MK
    M.I. Krivopustov

    Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia

    11 publications · 176 citations

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  3. RB
    R. Brandt

    Philipps University of Marburg, Germany

    10 publications · 168 citations

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  4. RK
    R.J.M. Konings

    Joint Research Centre, Germany

    10 publications · 429 citations

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  5. TS
    Toshinobu Sasa

    Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan

    9 publications · 248 citations

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  1. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    27 h-index

    181 publications

    8.2K citations

  2. CEA Cadarache

    Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France

    21 h-index

    77 publications

    5K citations

  3. Japan Atomic Energy Agency

    Tōkai Mura, Japan

    17 h-index

    90 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    16 h-index

    85 publications

    14.6K citations

  5. Joint Research Centre

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    15 h-index

    35 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. Direction des Energies

    Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    14 h-index

    44 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. Tohoku University

    Sendai, Japan

    14 h-index

    45 publications

    2.7K citations

  8. Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Tokyo, Japan

    13 h-index

    49 publications

    1K citations

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  1. Journal of Nuclear Materials

    34 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Progress in Nuclear Energy

    29 publications · 836 citations

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  3. Annals of Nuclear Energy

    25 publications · 891 citations

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  4. Nuclear Technology

    21 publications · 790 citations

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  5. Physical Review

    15 publications · 898 citations

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