Synthetic radioisotope

A synthetic radioisotope is a radionuclide Radionuclide

Atoms of chemical elements may have many isotopes with the same atomic numbers but different atomic weights /... 

 that is not found in nature: no natural process or mechanism exists which produces it, or it is so unstable that it decays away in a very short period of time. Examples include technetium Technetium

|- | Electron affinity [i] || -53 kJ/mol ... 

-95 and promethium-146. Many of these are found in, and harvested from, spent nuclear fuel assemblies.

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A synthetic radioisotope is a radionuclide Radionuclide

Atoms of chemical elements may have many isotopes with the same atomic numbers but different atomic weights /... 

 that is not found in nature: no natural process or mechanism exists which produces it, or it is so unstable that it decays away in a very short period of time. Examples include technetium Technetium

|-
| Electron affinity [i] || -53 kJ/mol
... 

-95 and promethium-146. Many of these are found in, and harvested from, spent nuclear fuel assemblies.

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