Incorporation of Neptunium(V) and iodate into a uranyl phosphate: Implications for mitigating the release of 237Np and 129I in repositories

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3192-3196

  Wu, Shijun ^a,b   Chen, Fanrong ^a   Simonetti, Antonio ^a   Albrecht Schmitt, Thomas E ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION PHASIS; CHARGE BALANCES; COUPLED SUBSTITUTION; LA-ICP-MS; MOST PROBABLE EXPLANATION;

BARIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; URANIUM; URANIUM ALLOYS;

NEPTUNIUM;

IODATE; IODINE 129; NEPTUNIUM; NEPTUNIUM 237; PHOSPHATE; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANYL PHOSPHATE;

CATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IODINE; NEPTUNIUM; REPOSITORY; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETER; SYNTHESIS;

IODATES; NEPTUNIUM; PHOSPHATES; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77950946939     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100115k     Document Type: Article

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