Neptunium
Symbol Np, a radioactive metallic transuranic element which belongs to the actinoids; a.n. 93; r.a.m. 237.0482. The most stable isotope, neptunium-237, is having half-life of 2.2 +106 years and is produced in small quantities as a by product by nuclear reactors Other isotopes are having mass numbers 229.236 and 238-241. The only other relatively long-lived isotope is neptunium-236 (half-life 5x 103 years). the element was first produced by McMillan and Abelson in 1940.


