Distribution studies on U, Pu and Th have been carried out employing tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) as extractant to optimise the conditions for the reprocessing of spent fuel of proposed Th based Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR)...
Keywords: Uranium, Thorium, Plutonium, Amide, TBP
04/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagAn engineering and analytical chemical program was used to evaluate a proposed process to remove plutonium from contaminated soils at the Department of Energy´s Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Site...
Keywords: Soil decontamination, Pit 9, Plutonium, Plutonium oxide, Idaho
03/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagA glove-box in contact with the lab atmosphere has been used in a test to see whether trivalent plutonium can be kept in this oxidation state at different pH...
Keywords: Plutonium, Trivalent, Oxidation state, Extraction, Sorption
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe redox stability of PuO22+ was investigated in brine under subsurface conditions...
Keywords: Plutonium, WIPP, XANES, Iron reduction, Brine chemistry
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe presence of organic ligands in radioactive wastes is a major concern because of their potential for increasing the transport of radionuclides from disposal sites...
Keywords: Plutonium, Citric acid, Speciation, Biodegradation, Ionic strength
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagRemoval of radioactive nuclides from effluents is important for the safe disposal of the radioactive waste...
Keywords: Plutonium, Americium, Removal, Ethanol, Liquid scintillator
12/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagMicrobes are widely distributed in nature and they can strongly influence the migration of actinides in the environment...
Keywords: Plutonium, Bacteria, Desulfovibrio äspöensis, Biosorption, Bioreduction
12/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagTetravalent plutonium readily undergoes hydrolysis even in highly acidic aqueous solutions. In the past, many attempts were made to quantify hydrolysis species by means of optical absorption spectroscopy...
Keywords: Plutonium, Tetravalent, Hydrolysis, Redox reaction, Disproportionation
01/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagDiffusive transport of neptunium, plutonium, tritiated water (HTO), Cs+ and I- in compacted sand-bentonite mixtures was studied by a through-diffusion method...
Keywords: diffusion, Neptunium, Plutonium, Bentonite, Effective diffusivity
02/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagAn improved sample preparation method for the determination of americium and plutonium in sediment and soil samples by inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry (ICP-SFMS) and alpha-spectrometry is described...
Keywords: Actinides, ICP-SFMS, Alpha-spectrometry, Americium, Plutonium
02/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe solubility and redox reactions of Pu(IV) hydrous oxide were analyzed by comparing total Pu concentrations, oxidation state distributions and simultaneously measured redox potentials under air and under Ar containing only traces of oxygen...
Keywords: Plutonium, Solubility, Redox reactions, PuO2+x(s, hyd), Pu(V)
04/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagSingle crystals of the Np(V) and Pu(V) benzoate complexes with 2,2′-bipyridine were prepared. According to X-ray diffraction analysis data, they are isostructural neutral dimers with the [AnO2(C10H8N2)(OOCC6H5)]2 (An=Np or Pu) composition...
Keywords: Actinides, Neptunium, Plutonium, Benzoates, Bipyridine
09/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe extraction of plutonium from tissue paper matrix was carried out using supercritical carbon dioxide (Sc-CO2)...
Keywords: Supercritical fluid extraction, Plutonium, Americium, CMPO, Tissue paper
10/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe sorption of tetravalent plutonium onto kaolinite, a clay mineral, has been studied as a function of pH...
Keywords: Plutonium, Oxidation state, Kaolinite, Sorption, desorption
10/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagFive separation methods by Eichrom column extraction chromatography were developed and implemented for performance control of a PUREX (Plutonium, Uranium Refining by EXtraction) test...
Keywords: Extraction chromatography, UTEVA®, X-ray fluorescence, Uranium, Plutonium
11/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe acquisition of additional data concerning actinide decorporation is planned under the French nuclear and environmental toxicology program.
Citric acid is a fundamental biological constituent found at relatively high concentrations in blood plasma and is involved in many biological processes.
Spectrophotometry was the primary method used to determine the speciation of An(IV)-citrate systems (Th, U, Np, Pu)...
Keywords: Plutonium, Neptunium, Uranium, Thorium, Citric acid
03/2008 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag