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Old 20th Feb 2019, 10:29
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nicolai
 
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Are you actually thinking of "Curium", which may have an atomic number 2 higher than plutonium but is not produced by bombarding Pu with He, but instead with intense neutron flux or via other decay paths (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curium#Synthesis ). Some isotopes certainly are quite radioactive.

I think "Cirium" is a made-up vaguely Latin sounding name so it seems erudite, like many other brand names.
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