Recent and Recommended Nuclear Radii for All Isotopes

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Where can I find recent and recommended nuclear radius for all isotopes
 
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there are some experimental and theoretical studies on nuclear radius. but around ten years old. I believe that like a liquid drop, nucleus should have a radius as well.
 
Then I would say that you lack basic understanding of nuclear physics. The Nucleus is a many body system of quantum particles. Just as the electrons in an atom for example, you have a probability distribution of the nucleons in the nuclei. The liqiud drop model is just a model, in the first order approximation easy speaking. You must treat the nucleus as a quantum entity.

You can define the nuclear radius on many ways, like the half charge-density radius, r.m.s radius, mean radius etc etc.

Then I would like you to specify what kind of defenition for the nuclear radius you are looking for, and for what purpose.