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The effect of pH, ionic strength, and supporting electrolyte on the speciation of Pu(IV) in simulated groundwater over polymeric plutonium hydroxide at fixed values of the oxidation potential Eh was examined by centrifugal ultrafiltration. Upon dilution of simulated groundwater (SGW) containing highly polymerized polymeric Pu species of high molecular weight, these species transform into those with a lower degree of polymerization. When fresh SGW portions are subjected to ultrafiltration through a compact precipitate of colloidal Pu, this precipitate becomes a source of weakly polymerized Pu species, as in the case of common dissolution of a compact precipitate of colloidal Pu in SGW. In the process, the amount of weakly polymerized forms increases by two orders of magnitude as compared to the initial SGW over polymeric Pu hydroxide. These transformations of the initial Pu species in solutions can affect its migration behavior in subsequent processes.
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Original Russian Text © T.I. Trofimov, Yu.M. Kulyako, S.A. Perevalov, S.E. Vinokurov, M.D. Samsonov, B.F. Myasoedov, Ai Fujiwara, O. Tochiyama, 2009, published in Radiokhimiya, 2009, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 17–23.
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Trofimov, T.I., Kulyako, Y.M., Perevalov, S.A. et al. Behavior of polymeric Pu(IV) in simulated groundwater. Radiochemistry 51, 18–25 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1066362209010056
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