Plutonium oxidation and subsequent reduction by Mn(IV) Minerals in Yucca Mountain tuff

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3508-3514

  Powell, Brian A ^a,g   Duff, Martine C ^b   Kaplan, Daniel I ^b   Fjeld, Robert A ^a   Newville, Matthew ^c   Hunter, Douglas B ^b   Bertsch, Paul M ^d   Coates, John T ^a   Eng, Peter ^c   Rivers, Mark L ^c   Serkiz, Steven M ^b   Sutton, Stephen R ^c   Triay, Ines R ^e   Vaniman, David T ^f  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Waste Isolation Pilot Plant   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOLOGICAL WASTES; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY MICRO-SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHETIC PYROLUSITES;

EXTRACTION; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

PLUTONIUM;

MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MINERAL; PLUTONIUM; PYROLUSITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EXTRACTION; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PLUTONIUM; REDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

MANGANESE; MINERAL; OXIDATION; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STABILIZATION; TUFF; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; HYDROLYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; OXIDATION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; REDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION; SYNCHROTRON; SYNCHROTRON X RAY MICROSPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; NEVADA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

HANFORD; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 33744934468     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052353+     Document Type: Article

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