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The chemistry of uranium and related radionuclides in Lake Ontario waters

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The chemistry of uranium and its eight associated daughters has been considered in Lake Ontario water along with that of selected transuranic elements. These transuranics arise mainly from fallout, and to a lesser extent from nuclear fuel reprocessing. Most exist as free ions or oxides of various kinds, uranium probably exists as a strong uranyl carbonate complex.

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  1. Environmental Contaminants Division, National Water Research Institute, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, L7R 4A6, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

    R. F. Platford & S. R. Joshi

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Platford, R.F., Joshi, S.R. The chemistry of uranium and related radionuclides in Lake Ontario waters. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 106, 333–343 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02163666

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