The use of surface analytical techniques to measure the loadings of uranium and plutonium sorbed simultaneously from solution onto rocks

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OSTI ID:382871

Berry, J A; Bishop, H E; Cowper, M M; Fozard, P R; McMillan, J W ^[1]

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1. AEA Technology, Harwell (United Kingdom)

Small polished blocks of granite, diorite and dolerite were immersed in solutions containing uranium and plutonium at equal initial concentration.The samples were analyzed by the advanced surface analytical techniques of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and nuclear microprobe analysis. The results show that both actinides sorb onto the same minerals in the three rocks. However, SIMS data show that significantly more uranium was sorbed than plutonium.

• OSTI ID: 382871
• Report Number(s): CONF-941075-; ISBN 1-55899-253-7; TRN: 96:025763
• Resource Relation: Conference: 18. international symposium on the scientific basis for nuclear waste management, Kyoto (Japan), 23-27 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Scientific basis for nuclear waste management 18. Part 2; Murakami, Takashi [ed.] [Ehime Univ., Matsuyama, Ehime (Japan). Dept. of Earth Sciences]; Ewing, R.C. [ed.] [Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences]; PB: 690 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 353
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
GRANITES
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
DIORITES
DIABASES
URANIUM
SORPTION
PLUTONIUM
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
GROUND WATER
URANIUM 233
PLUTONIUM 242
BIOTITE
FELDSPARS
ANORTHOSITES
ILMENITE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA