Mineral–water interface reactions of actinides

H Geckeis, J Lützenkirchen, R Polly, T Rabung… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Reactions of the light actinide ions (Th to Cm) at the mineral− aqueous solution interface
have attracted much attention during recent years. Initially research was mainly driven by the …

Uranium minerals and their relevance to long term storage of nuclear fuels

RJ Baker - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The storage of spent nuclear fuels for long periods of time in geological repositories is one
proposed solution to the stewardship of legacy, current and future nuclear waste. Recent …

Tailored covalent organic framework with phosphorylation for boosting typical actinide adsorption under acidic conditions

H Zhang, S Wang, J Yu, Z Li, J Lan, L Zheng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Uranium and plutonium are typical actinides tightly associated with nuclear fuel cycle. In this
work we rationally design and fabricate a phosphonic group-decorated covalent organic …

Adsorption of uranium (VI) to manganese oxides: X-ray absorption spectroscopy and surface complexation modeling

Z Wang, SW Lee, JG Catalano… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
The mobility of hexavalent uranium in soil and groundwater is strongly governed by
adsorption to mineral surfaces. As strong naturally occurring adsorbents, manganese oxides …

Uranium

I Grenthe, J Drożdżynński, T Fujino, EC Buck… - The chemistry of the …, 2006 - Springer
By 1911, the atomic weight of uranium had been refined to 238.5 (Gmelin, vol. A2, 1980a).
The natural isotope 235 U was discovered in 1935 by mass spectrometry. The artificial …

Uranyl adsorption onto montmorillonite: Evaluation of binding sites and carbonate complexation

JG Catalano, GE Brown Jr - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2005 - Elsevier
The fate and transport of uranium in contaminated soils and sediments may be affected by
adsorption onto the surface of minerals such as montmorillonite. Extended X-ray absorption …

New synthesis of nZVI/C composites as an efficient adsorbent for the uptake of U (VI) from aqueous solutions

H Liu, M Li, T Chen, C Chen, NS Alharbi… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
New nanoscale zerovalent iron/carbon (nZVI/C) composites were successfully prepared via
heating natural hematite and pine sawdust at 800° C under nitrogen conditions …

Uranium (VI) reduction by iron (II) monosulfide mackinawite

SP Hyun, JA Davis, K Sun… - Environmental science & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Reaction of aqueous uranium (VI) with iron (II) monosulfide mackinawite in an O2 and CO2
free model system was studied by batch uptake measurements, equilibrium modeling, and L …

Uranium biomineralization as a result of bacterial phosphatase activity: insights from bacterial isolates from a contaminated subsurface

MJ Beazley, RJ Martinez, PA Sobecky… - … science & technology, 2007 - ACS Publications
Uranium contamination is an environmental concern at the Department of Energy's Field
Research Center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In this study, we investigated whether …

Superior immobilization of U (VI) and 243Am (III) on polyethyleneimine modified lamellar carbon nitride composite from water environment

P Wang, L Yin, J Wang, C Xu, Y Liang, W Yao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel low-cost, effective and environmental-friendly laminated carbon nitride decorated
with polydopamine (PDA) and grafted with polyethyleneimine (PEI) brush (lC 3 N 4/PDA/PEI …