Uranium carbonate complexes demonstrate drastic decrease in stability at elevated temperatures

Carbonate species may play a role in uranium transport in natural systems and nuclear waste repositories at high temperatures. Here uranyl carbonate species are shown to decrease in stability under hydrothermal conditions, suggesting that these species may not mediate transport after all.

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Autores principales: Alexander Kalintsev, Artas Migdisov, Christopher Alcorn, Jason Baker, Joël Brugger, Robert A. Mayanovic, Nadib Akram, Xiaofeng Guo, Hongwu Xu, Hakim Boukhalfa, Florie A. Caporuscio, Hari Viswanathan, Carlos Jove-Colon, Yifeng Wang, Edward Matteo, Robert Roback
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/2e6526e20aff40f090a5c0de8982eca9
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Sumario:Carbonate species may play a role in uranium transport in natural systems and nuclear waste repositories at high temperatures. Here uranyl carbonate species are shown to decrease in stability under hydrothermal conditions, suggesting that these species may not mediate transport after all.