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Title: Is Radiochemistry in Danger of Collapse?
Post by: Marlin on Sep 11, 2017, 12:09: Is Radiochemistry in Danger of Collapse?

https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/is-radiochemistry-in-danger-of-collapse/3007931.article
Title: Re: Is Radiochemistry in Danger of Collapse?
Post by: GLW on Sep 11, 2017, 12:47: Quote from: Marlin on Sep 11, 2017, 12:09
Is Radiochemistry in Danger of Collapse?

https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/is-radiochemistry-in-danger-of-collapse/3007931.article (https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/is-radiochemistry-in-danger-of-collapse/3007931.article)

from the article:

....Radiochemistry’s leaky pipeline is not a signature of a decaying set of problems, but the result of a historical storm of geopolitics, funding cuts and bureaucracy. And it is a challenge that needs to be addressed effectively if we are to ensure a responsible, science-based approach to the future technical and scientific challenges facing the nuclear and radiochemistry community.

or, as I like to describe it:

Quote from: GLW on Jan 19, 2012, 08:01

[size=78%]real answer,....the current geoacademiapolitical pedagogy[/size]
Title: Re: Is Radiochemistry in Danger of Collapse?
Post by: Marlin on Sep 13, 2017, 10:51: Interesting related article not mentioned in it is that 120 is a projected "stability island" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbinilium)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbinilium (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbinilium)

Hunt for element 119 set to begin

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/hunt-for-element-119-to-begin-this-year/3007977.article (https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/hunt-for-element-119-to-begin-this-year/3007977.article)