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Actinide speciation using synchrotron-based methods

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Examples of synchrotron-based investigations, chosen to illustrate various themes of research and development related to the nuclear fuel cycle, are summarised: (1) XAFS studies into the coordination chemistry of actinide versus lanthanide complexed with partitioning ligands to evaluate performance of separations, (2) high energy resolution X-ray emission measurements for characterizing electronic structure as a tool for fundamentally understanding actinide bonding and reactivity, and (3) investigation of processes leading to neptunium retention in a granite column tracer study using three dimensional imaging techniques.

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Denecke, M.A. Actinide speciation using synchrotron-based methods. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 303, 1339–1343 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3493-3

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