Uranium (U) is of enormous global importance because of its use in energy generation,
albeit with potential environmental legacies. While naturally occurring U is widespread in the …

Nuclear accidents that lead to melting of a reactor core create heterogeneous materials
containing hundreds of radionuclides, many with short half-lives. The long-lived fission …

Spodumene is currently the main source of lithium (Li), and Li release in mine waters stands
out as a common feature of the otherwise scarcely studied spodumene mine tailings. In …

Abstract Development of unconventional shale gas wells can generate significant quantities
of drilling waste, including trace metal-rich black shale from the lateral portion of the …

Uranium and the long-lived decay product radium-226 are abundantly present in mine
wastes produced during uranium extraction activities. In the case of release to the …

The thermodynamic and mechanical properties of rutherfordine, a uranyl carbonate mineral,
were studied by means of first principles calculations based on density functional theory …

Uranium (U) is an important global energy resource and a redox sensitive trace element that
reflects changing environmental conditions and geochemical cycling. The redox evolution of …

The thermodynamic properties of uranyl containing materials, including dehydrated
schoepite, metastudtite, studtite, soddyite, rutherfordine, and γ-UO3 were studied. These …

More than 50 uranyl minerals, phases containing U6+ as the uranyl UO22+ cation, and
hydroxide, carbonate, phosphate, and silicate anions, H2O, and alkali and alkaline earth …

Understanding the factors that govern aqueous solubility of uranyl minerals is important for
predicting uranium mobility in groundwater and for designing effective remediation …