Speciation of Uranium and Plutonium From Nuclear Legacy Sites to the Environment: A Mini Review

The row of 15 chemical elements from Ac to Lr with atomic numbers from 89 to 103 are known as the actinides, which are all radioactive. Among them, uranium and plutonium are the most important as they are used in the nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear weapon production. Since the beginning of national n...

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Autores principales: Romanchuk, Anna Yu., Vlasova, Irina E., Kalmykov, Stepan N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Chemistry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32903456
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00630
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description The row of 15 chemical elements from Ac to Lr with atomic numbers from 89 to 103 are known as the actinides, which are all radioactive. Among them, uranium and plutonium are the most important as they are used in the nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear weapon production. Since the beginning of national nuclear programs and nuclear tests, many radioactively contaminated nuclear legacy sites, have been formed. This mini review covers the latest experimental, modeling, and case studies of plutonium and uranium migration in the environment, including the speciation of these elements and the chemical reactions that control their migration pathways.
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spelling pubmed-74349772020-09-03 Speciation of Uranium and Plutonium From Nuclear Legacy Sites to the Environment: A Mini Review Romanchuk, Anna Yu. Vlasova, Irina E. Kalmykov, Stepan N. Front Chem Chemistry The row of 15 chemical elements from Ac to Lr with atomic numbers from 89 to 103 are known as the actinides, which are all radioactive. Among them, uranium and plutonium are the most important as they are used in the nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear weapon production. Since the beginning of national nuclear programs and nuclear tests, many radioactively contaminated nuclear legacy sites, have been formed. This mini review covers the latest experimental, modeling, and case studies of plutonium and uranium migration in the environment, including the speciation of these elements and the chemical reactions that control their migration pathways. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7434977/ /pubmed/32903456 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00630 Text en Copyright © 2020 Romanchuk, Vlasova and Kalmykov. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Speciation of Uranium and Plutonium From Nuclear Legacy Sites to the Environment: A Mini Review
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title_full Speciation of Uranium and Plutonium From Nuclear Legacy Sites to the Environment: A Mini Review
title_fullStr Speciation of Uranium and Plutonium From Nuclear Legacy Sites to the Environment: A Mini Review
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title_short Speciation of Uranium and Plutonium From Nuclear Legacy Sites to the Environment: A Mini Review
title_sort speciation of uranium and plutonium from nuclear legacy sites to the environment: a mini review
topic Chemistry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32903456
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00630
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