Research on actinide materials, both basic and applied, has been greatly advanced by the
general techniques available from high-intensity photon beams from x-ray synchrotron …

X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy, coupled with ab initio
calculations, has emerged as the state-of-the-art tool for elucidating the metal-ligand …

ThTi2O6 derived compounds with the brannerite structure were designed, synthesised, and
characterised with the aim of stabilising incorporation of U5+ or U6+, at dilute concentration …

For the first time, an actinide nitride clusterfullerene, U2N@ Ih (7)-C80, is synthesized and
fully characterized by X-ray single crystallography and multiple spectroscopic methods …

Over 60 years of nuclear activity have resulted in a global legacy of contaminated land and
radioactive waste. Uranium (U) is a significant component of this legacy and is present in …

Abstract The management of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) comprises different stages in which
security is demonstrated. Nevertheless, fundamental research can lead to other design …

The study of uranium oxides at different conditions is of paramount importance in the nuclear
field, especially regarding characterization of the spent nuclear fuel behavior in dry storage …

Highly crystalline UO2 nanoparticles (NPs) with sizes of 2–3 nm were produced by fast
chemical deposition of uranium (IV) under reducing conditions at pH 8–11. The particles …

A systematic investigation examining the origins of structural distortions in rutile-related
ternary uranium A UO4 oxides using a combination of high-resolution structural and …

FeUO4 was studied to clarify the electronic structure of U (V) in a metal monouranate
compound. We obtained the peak splitting of spectra utilizing high-energy-resolution …