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All elements have at least some radioactive isotopes.

For some elements no radioactive isotopes are known except those that are synthetic (see link to related question below).

For some other elements, there are both radioactive isotopes and stable isotopes in nature. (see link to related question below).

Some elements only have radioactive isotopes, and these are found in nature in at least trace quantities, they include (ordered by atomic number; those marked with * are normally only found in trace amounts in ore as radioactive decay products, and those with ** are distributed radioactive decay products found in trace amounts):

Period 5: technetium*

Period 6: promethium*, bismuth, polonium*, astatine*, radon**

Period 7: francium*, radium*, actinium*, thorium, protactinium*, uranium, neptunium*, plutonium**

The fact that all isotopes of bismuth are radioactive was only recently discovered.

Some elements are only know as a result of synthesis by human activity, and these are as follows:Period 7: americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, lawrencium, rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium, hassium, meitnerium, darmstadtium, roentgenium, copernicium, and anything new that might come along.

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