Abstract:The actinide elements are a group of chemically similar elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103, and include actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, and lawrencium. Each of the elements has a number of isotopes, all radioactive. Thorium, uranium, and plutonium are well known for their role as the basic fuels (or sources of fuel) for the release of nuclear energy. The importance of the remainder o… Show more
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