Oak Ridge National Laboratory Refines Isotope Recovery From Nuclear Waste Streams

By Georgina Jedikovska · Interesting Engineering · 2026-09-24

Interesting Engineering reports that researchers at the Department of Energy have successfully extracted high-purity fermium and einsteinium from byproducts of californium-252 manufacturing. The team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory utilized optimized resin columns and additional

Interesting Engineering reports that researchers at the Department of Energy have successfully extracted high-purity fermium and einsteinium from byproducts of californium-252 manufacturing. The team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory utilized optimized resin columns and additional