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MONTICELLO, Minn. — To understand tritium, remember the first element on the periodic table – hydrogen. Dr. Kathryn Higley says tritium is a radioactive version of hydrogen behaving chemically just as ...

After the National Ignition Facility in California's first successful scientific breakeven through nuclear fusion, mankind is all the more serious about reaching the promised land of near-limitless ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the characteristics of tritium, and why it is hard to dispose of water containing the radioactive element. Question: I heard ...