Relationship between the chemical extractability of several transuranic elements from soils and their uptake by wheat plants

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981 · Soil Sci.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00010694-198107000-00008· OSTI ID:6064932

Nishita, H; Wallace, A; Romney, E M; Kinnear, J

We studied the relationship between chemical extractability and wheat plant uptake of /sup 237/Np, /sup 239/ /sup 240/Pu, /sup 241/Am, and /sup 244/Cm from seven widely different kinds of soils. The chemical extractants used were distilled H/sub 2/O, 0.05 M CaCl/sub 2/, and 1 M NH/sub 4/OAc. The relative order of magnitude of /sup 237/Np extractability by the extractants was H/sub 2/O < CaCl/sub 2/ < NH/sub 4/OAc. The relative order of magnitude of /sup 239/ /sup 240/Pu, /sup 241/Am, and /sup 244/Cm extractabilities were generally H/sub 2/O, CaCl/sub 2/ < NH/sub 4/OAc. The amount of the extractable fraction of each tracer nuclide was conditioned by soil type. The /sup 241/Am and /sup 244/Cm uptake by wheat plants correlated with the extractability of these nuclides by H/sub 2/O, CaCl/sub 2/, and NH/sub 4/OAc at the 5 percent level of significance or better. The /sup 237/Np uptake by the plants correlated with its extractability of CaCl/sub 2/ and NH/sub 4/OAc, but not by using H/sub 2/O.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Los Angeles
• OSTI ID: 6064932
• Journal Information: Soil Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: Soil Sci.; (United States) Vol. 132:1; ISSN SOSCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ABSORPTION
ACETATES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
CALCIUM CHLORIDES
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CALCIUM HALIDES
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CEREALS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CORRELATIONS
CURIUM 244
CURIUM ISOTOPES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXTRACTION
GRAMINEAE
GRASS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
ISOTOPES
LOAM
MASS TRANSFER
MIGRATION
NEPTUNIUM 237
NEPTUNIUM ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
ROOT ABSORPTION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOILS
UPTAKE
WATER
WHEAT
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES