Precipitation of crystalline neptunium dioxide from near-neutral aqueous solution

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-92

  Roberts, Kevin E ^a   Wolery, Thomas J ^a   Atkins Duffin, Cynthia E ^a   Prussin, Traudel G ^a   Allen, Patrick G ^a   Bucher, Jerome J ^b   Shuh, David K ^b   Finch, Robert J ^c   Prussin, Stanley G ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

Neptunium; Neptunium dioxide; Nuclear waste; Precipitation; Solubility; Yucca mountain

Indexed keywords

NEPTUNIUM; NEPTUNIUM DIOXIDE; OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CRYSTAL; PH; PRECIPITATION; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0038037445     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.91.2.87.19985     Document Type: Article

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