I note that the molecule starts with Ru, Ruthenium, which happens to be the rarest and most expensive natural non radioactive element.
Can’t they develop any of these wonder molecules out of dog poop?
There is lots of Ru in spent nuclear fuel its one of the most present elements in spent fuel as fission products. Fast reactors and MOX fueled reactors make even more of it as Pu producers more when it fissions. The irony is using fast breed reactors to power electrolysis machines using one of the fission products of the spent fuel as part of the catalysts in that machine. It sets up a growing supply of not only energy and breed fuel but also more catalysts via the fission products.