The sorption edges and the sorption isotherms of UO22+ onto alumina were determined by a batch technique in the presence and absence of phosphate at pH range 3–6, ionic strength range 0.05–0.5 mol/L and UO22+ concentrations 10-5–10-4 mol/L...
Keywords: Uranium, Sorption, Alumina, Phosphate, Ionic strength
04/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagDistribution 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 WissenschaftsverlagCeramic precursors of Zirconolite (CaZrTi2O7) family have a remarkable property of substitution on Zr4+ cationic sites...
Keywords: Uranium, Zirconolite, Ceramic, Rietveld, Crystallography
06/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe presence of organic complexants, such as α-isosaccharinic acid (ISA) in an intermediate-level radioactive-waste (ILW) repository may have a detrimental effect on the sorption of radionuclides by forming organic complexes in solution...
Keywords: ISA, Cadmium, Uranium, Cobalt, Stability constants
06/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagAlkali metal uranyl chloride (M2UO2Cl4 (M = Na or Cs)) was dissolved in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (bmimCl) and the redox behavior of uranyl ion present in the resultant solution was investigated by cyclic voltammetry at 343 K...
Keywords: Room temperature molten salts, Uranium, Electrodeposition, Cyclic voltammetry, Extraction
08/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe need exists for preconcentration of trace and ultratrace amounts of uranium from environmental, geological and biological samples...
Keywords: Preconcentration, Uranium, Activated carbon, First-derivative, Spectrophotometry
01/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThis paper summarizes the effect of pH on the speciation and cellular localization of uranium bound by bacterial strains isolated from the S15 deep-well montoring site, located at the Siberian radioactive subsurface depository Tomsk-7, Russia...
Keywords: Bacterial isolates, Uranium, Interaction mechanisms, pH, EXAFS
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe mechanism of uranium(VI) interaction with pyrite was studied by solution chemistry and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)...
Keywords: Uranium, Pyrite, Redox reaction, Interaction, Spectroscopy
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe complex formation of uranium(VI) with L-threonine and O-phospho-L-threonine was studied by time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS)...
Keywords: Uranium, Complexation, Amino acid, TRLFS
12/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe unsaturated phosphotungstate K10P2W17O61 and silicotungstate K8SiW11O39 are strong and selective complexants of An(IV) in aqueous solution...
Keywords: Uranium, Iron, Heteropolyanion, Redox
04/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagA study of americium, uranium and europium extraction by various dialkyl-diarylamides of 2,6-pyridine-dicarboxylic (dipicolinic) acid has shown that maximum extractability is achieved by using polar fluorine-substituted diluents...
Keywords: Dialkyl-diarylamides of 2,6-pyridine-dicarboxylic (dipicolinic) acid, Extraction, Americum, Uranium, Europium
04/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagSorption of uranyl ion, UO22+, on silicate particles (3.00 g/L) was studied in sodium perchlorate solution as a function of pcH and ionic strength at 298 K...
Keywords: Uranium, Sorption, Silicate, Ternary complex, Carboxylic acids
05/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe internal gelation process and a suitable broth formulation with an uranium concentration of 1.3 M was used to produce air-dried uranium trioxide dihydrate (UO3·2H2O) and carbon microspheres with crush strengths greater than 600 g per microsphere...
Keywords: Uranium, Carbon, Internal gelation, Nuclear fuel
04/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagPrevious published data for the adsorption of U(VI) and/or phosphate onto amorphous Fe(III) oxides (hydrous ferric oxide, HFO) and crystalline Fe(III) oxides (goethite) was examined...
Keywords: Uranium, Phosphate, Iron Oxides, Adsorption, modeling
05/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagA novel dry synthesis for the uranium(VI) dioxo-diacetohydroxamate (UAHA) complex has been developed...
Keywords: UREX, Acetohydroxamic acid, Uranium, NMR, XAFS
08/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe effects of αβγ radiolysis of water on oxidation and dissolution of the UO2 matrix of spent fuel were investigated in aerated media...
Keywords: UOX spent fuel, Leaching, Uranium, Radiolysis, Surface reactivity
09/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagSorption of uranyl ion, UO22+, on SiO2· x H2O (silica gel) has been investigated as a function of time, amount of silica gel (0.10–0.60 g), uranium concentration (5.00×10-5–1.00×-3 M), ionic strength (0.20–1.40 M NaClO4), pH (∼2.0–6.0), and temperature (283–333 K)...
Keywords: Kinetics, Thermodynamics, Uranium, Sorption, Silica
09/2007 | 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 cyclic voltammetric behavior of uranyl ion was investigated at hanging mercury drop electrode in perchlorate supporting electrolyte...
Keywords: Uranium, Acetate, Formate, Kinetics, Thermodynamics
12/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagA simple, efficient and economical liquid–liquid extraction method has been developed for quantitative extraction of uranium from 2 M HNO3 using di-n-butyl sulfoxide in petroleum ether...
Keywords: Uranium, Extraction, Dibutylsulfoxide, Petroleum ether, Nitric acid
01/2008 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagIn the field of nuclear waste management, prediction of the radionuclides migration through the geosphere has to take into account the effects of temperature...
Keywords: Sorption, Uranium, Europium, Zirconium diphosphate, temperature
01/2008 | 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