Berkelium can recycle
radioactivity
Janet Kuypers
1/16/22 Twitter-length Periodic Table poem
for element #for element #97, Berkelium (Bk)
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Found some 70+ years ago, Berkelium’s
not on Earth naturally, costly to get, & radioactive
but a new Berkelium complex w/ polarized ligands
can now target heavier actinides,
meaning radioactive elements can now be recycled.
Yes, you heard me right, so let’s recycle radioactivity.
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