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Lesser Australium

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Lesser Australium
Properties
TypeElement
Made With/ByBreeding/Enrichment
Exists in RealityNo
Atomic NumberUnknown


Lesser Australium (Tasmanite) is an isotope of Australium. Like it, it is fully stable and emits no radiation, despite being fissile and a self-igniting RBMK fuel.

Production

Tasmanite makes up ~83.3% of Australium and can only be extracted with a SILEX.

Uses

Tasmanite is used to make strong but "safe" Low Enriched Australium Fuel for the RBMK, as its function is quite predictable.

Trivia

  • Given its only fission products are stable Lead and Lead-209 (which is also quite unusual), we can estimate its atomic mass to be ~416.
    • This is a mass difference of ~±21 compared to Greater Australium. Given this and the wildly different melting points of the two, it is possible they're actually different elements entirely.