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 == Occurrences ==
 [[File:Nuclear power plant.jpg|thumb|150px|left|A Photo of a Nuclear power plant that has a byproduct of americium from Plutonium]]
-The element Americium does not naturally occur in nature<ref>Occurrences and Health risks [http://www.bookrags.com/research/americium/Americium occurrence and health Information]. ''Book Rags''. Web.2005-06.</ref>. Americium however is formed by bombarding Plutonium (Pu-244) with electrons, creating the element known as Americium. Americium, being an element found by science and not through nature, has become one of the most commercially used elements on the periodic table.
+The element Americium does not naturally occur in nature. It however is formed by bombarding Plutonium (Pu-244) with electrons.<ref>Occurrences and Health risks [http://www.bookrags.com/research/americium/Americium occurrence and health Information]. ''Book Rags''. Web.2005-06.</ref>. Americium-243 is made from the release of isotopes from Plutonium-239 in the nuclear reactions. <ref>Americium Properties[http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/am.htm Physical properties on Americium]. ''Lenntech''. Web. November 3 2011.</ref>
 == Uses ==