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Williamson AJ, Binet M, Sergeant C. Radionuclide biogeochemistry: from bioremediation toward the treatment of aqueous radioactive effluents. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2024; 44:698-716. [PMID: 37258417 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2023.2194505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Civilian and military nuclear programs of several nations over more than 70 years have led to significant quantities of heterogenous solid, organic, and aqueous radioactive wastes bearing actinides, fission products, and activation products. While many physicochemical treatments have been developed to remediate, decontaminate and reduce waste volumes, they can involve high costs (energy input, expensive sorbants, ion exchange resins, chemical reducing/precipitation agents) or can lead to further secondary waste forms. Microorganisms can directly influence radionuclide solubility, via sorption, accumulation, precipitation, redox, and volatilization pathways, thus offering a more sustainable approach to remediation or effluent treatments. Much work to date has focused on fundamentals or laboratory-scale remediation trials, but there is a paucity of information toward field-scale bioremediation and, to a lesser extent, toward biological liquid effluent treatments. From the few biostimulation studies that have been conducted at legacy weapon production/test sites and uranium mining and milling sites, some marked success via bioreduction and biomineralisation has been observed. However, rebounding of radionuclide mobility from (a)biotic scale-up factors are often encountered. Radionuclide, heavy metal, co-contaminant, and/or matrix effects provide more challenging conditions than traditional industrial wastewater systems, thus innovative solutions via indirect interactions with stable element biogeochemical cycles, natural or engineered cultures or communities of metal and irradiation tolerant strains and reactor design inspirations from existing metal wastewater technologies, are required. This review encompasses the current state of the art in radionuclide biogeochemistry fundamentals and bioremediation and establishes links toward transitioning these concepts toward future radioactive effluent treatments.
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- EDF R&D, LNHE (Laboratoire National d'Hydraulique et Environnement), Chatou, France
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Demnitz M, Molodtsov K, Schymura S, Schierz A, Müller K, Jankovsky F, Havlova V, Stumpf T, Schmidt M. Effects of surface roughness and mineralogy on the sorption of Cm(III) on crystalline rock. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 423:127006. [PMID: 34481396 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Crystalline rock is one of the host rocks considered for a future deep geological repository for highly active radiotoxic nuclear waste. The safety assessment requires reliable information on the retention behavior of minor actinides. In this work, we applied various spatially resolved techniques to investigate the sorption of Curium onto crystalline rock (granite, gneiss) thin sections from Eibenstock, Germany and Bukov, Czech Republic. We combined Raman-microscopy, calibrated autoradiography and µTRLFS (micro-focus time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy) with vertical scanning interferometry to study in situ the impact of mineralogy and surface roughness on Cm(III) uptake and molecular speciation on the surface. Heterogeneous sorption of Cm(III) on the surface depends primarily on the mineralogy. However, for the same mineral class sorption uptake and strength of Cm(III) increases with growing surface roughness around surface holes or grain boundaries. When competitive sorption between multiple mineral phases occurs, surface roughness becomes the major retention parameter on low sorption uptake minerals. In high surface roughness areas primarily Cm(III) inner-sphere sorption complexation and surface incorporation are prominent and in selected sites formation of stable Cm(III) ternary complexes is observed. Our molecular findings confirm that predictive radionuclide modelling should implement surface roughness as a key parameter in simulations.
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- M Demnitz
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Institute of Resource Ecology, Research Site Leipzig, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- ÚJV Rez, a.s., Hlavni 130, Rez, 250 68 Husinec, Czech Republic
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- ÚJV Rez, a.s., Hlavni 130, Rez, 250 68 Husinec, Czech Republic
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany.
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Moll H, Barkleit A, Frost L, Raff J. Curium(III) speciation in the presence of microbial cell wall components. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 227:112887. [PMID: 34649137 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Trivalent actinides such as Cm(III) are able to strongly interact with microbes and especially with bacterial cell walls. However, detailed knowledge of the influence of different cell wall components is somewhat lacking. For this investigation, we studied the formation of aqueous Cm(III) complexes with cell wall components (e.g., lipopolysaccharide, peptidoglycan, and plasma membranes) using time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS). For all systems, two specific Cm(III) complexes with the biomacromolecules were observed as a function of pH. Specifically, Cm(III) was found to bind to phosphate and carboxyl groups present in the structure of the biomacromolecules. Stability constants and luminescence parameters of the specific Cm(III) complexes were determined and are presented. The pH of the surrounding aqueous solution, the plasma membrane concentration, and proteins included in the crude plasma membrane fraction were found to significantly impact the complexation of Cm(III). The Cm(III) luminescence spectra with plasma membranes, cell wall polymers, as well as Gram-negative (Sporomusa sp. MT-2.99 and Pseudomonas fluorescens) and Gram-positive (Paenibacillus sp. MT-2.2) bacteria will be explained by linear combination fitting using the investigated components.
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- Henry Moll
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- JEN Jülicher Entsorgungsgesellschaft für Nuklearanlagen mbH, Wilhelm - Johnen - Straße, 52428 Jülich, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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Bao L, Cai Y, Liu Z, Li B, Bian Q, Hu B, Wang X. High Sorption and Selective Extraction of Actinides from Aqueous Solutions. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26237101. [PMID: 34885684 PMCID: PMC8658866 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26237101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The selective elimination of long-lived radioactive actinides from complicated solutions is crucial for pollution management of the environment. Knowledge about the species, structures and interaction mechanism of actinides at solid–water interfaces is helpful to understand and to evaluate physicochemical behavior in the natural environment. In this review, we summarize recent works about the sorption and interaction mechanism of actinides (using U, Np, Pu, Cm and Am as representative actinides) on natural clay minerals and man-made nanomaterials. The species and microstructures of actinides on solid particles were investigated by advanced spectroscopy techniques and computational theoretical calculations. The reduction and solidification of actinides on solid particles is the most effective way to immobilize actinides in the natural environment. The contents of this review may be helpful in evaluating the migration of actinides in near-field nuclear waste repositories and the mobilization properties of radionuclides in the environment.
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- Linfa Bao
- School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Huancheng West Road 508, Shaoxing 312000, China; (L.B.); (Y.C.); (B.H.); (X.W.)
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- School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Huancheng West Road 508, Shaoxing 312000, China; (L.B.); (Y.C.); (B.H.); (X.W.)
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- School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Huancheng West Road 508, Shaoxing 312000, China; (L.B.); (Y.C.); (B.H.); (X.W.)
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- Power China Sichuan Electric Power Engineering Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610041, China;
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- Shaoxing ZeYuan Science Technology Ltd., Shaoxing 312000, China;
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- School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Huancheng West Road 508, Shaoxing 312000, China; (L.B.); (Y.C.); (B.H.); (X.W.)
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- School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Huancheng West Road 508, Shaoxing 312000, China; (L.B.); (Y.C.); (B.H.); (X.W.)
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Moll H, Schmidt M, Sachs S. Curium(III) and europium(III) as luminescence probes for plant cell (Brassica napus) interactions with potentially toxic metals. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 412:125251. [PMID: 33556856 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We have investigated the interaction of the actinide Cm(III) and its lanthanide homologue Eu(III) with cells of Brassica napus in suspension. This study combines biochemical techniques (plant cell response) with spectroscopic experiments to determine the chemical speciation of hazardous metals in contact with the plant cells. Experiments conducted over a period of 7 d showed that B. napus cells were able to bioassociate both potentially toxic metals in significant amounts up to 0.58 µmol Eu/gfresh cells and 1.82 µmol Cm/gfresh cells at 30 µM Eu(III) and 0.68 µM Cm(III), respectively. For Cm(III), a biosorption process could be identified as soon as 5 h post-exposure with 73 ± 4% of the Cm(III) bioassociated. Luminescence spectroscopy results based on UV and site-selective excitation confirmed the existence of three Cm(III)/Eu(III) [M(III)] species in both the supernatants and cells. The findings detailed herein support that M(III) coordinates to two kinds of carboxyl groups and phosphate groups.
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- Henry Moll
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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Lopez-Fernandez M, Moll H, Merroun ML. Reversible pH-dependent curium(III) biosorption by the bentonite yeast isolate Rhodotorula mucilaginosa BII-R8. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2019; 370:156-163. [PMID: 30940356 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.06.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This work describes the molecular characterization of the interaction mechanism of a bentonite yeast isolate, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa BII-R8, with curium(III) as representative of trivalent actinides and europium(III) used as inactive analogue of Cm(III). A multidisciplinary approach combining spectroscopy, microscopy and flow cytometry was applied. Time-Resolved Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy (TRLFS) analyses demonstrated that the biosorption of Cm(III) is a reversible and pH-dependent process for R. mucilaginosa BII-R8 cells. Two Cm(III)-R. mucilaginosa BII-R8 species were identified having emission maxima at 599.6 and 601.5 nm. They were assigned to Cm(III) species bound to phosphoryl and carboxyl sites from the yeast cell, respectively. Phosphate groups were involved in the sorption of this actinide, as demonstrated by the Eu(III)-phosphate accumulates at the cell membrane shown by microscopy. In addition, cell viability and metabolic potential were assessed to determine the negative effect of Eu(III) in the yeast cells. The results obtained in this work showed that the interaction of Cm(III) with the yeast R. mucilaginosa BII-R8 cells at circumneutral and alkaline pH values will make this radionuclide more mobile to reach the biosphere. Therefore, geochemical conditions in the bentonite engineering barrier need to be carefully adjusted for the safe deep geological disposal of radioactive wastes.
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- Margarita Lopez-Fernandez
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain.
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain
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Bader M, Moll H, Steudtner R, Lösch H, Drobot B, Stumpf T, Cherkouk A. Association of Eu(III) and Cm(III) onto an extremely halophilic archaeon. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:9352-9364. [PMID: 30721439 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04165-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In addition to geological, geochemical, and geophysical aspects, also, microbial aspects have to be taken into account when considering the final storage of high-level radioactive waste in a deep geological repository. Rock salt is a potential host rock formation for such a repository. One indigenous microorganism, that is, common in rock salt, is the halophilic archaeon Halobacterium noricense DSM15987T, which was used in our study to investigate its interactions with the trivalent actinide curium and its inactive analogue europium as a function of time and concentration. Time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy was applied to characterize formed species in the micromolar europium concentration range. An extended evaluation of the data with parallel factor analysis revealed the association of Eu(III) to a phosphate compound released by the cells (F2/F1 ratio, 2.50) and a solid phosphate species (F2/F1 ratio, 1.80). The association with an aqueous phosphate species and a solid phosphate species was proven with site-selective TRLFS. Experiments with Cm(III) in the nanomolar concentration range showed a time- and pCH+-dependent species distribution. These species were characterized by red-shifted emission maxima, 600-602 nm, in comparison to the free Cm(III) aqueous ion, 593.8 nm. After 24 h, 40% of the luminescence intensity was measured on the cells corresponding to 0.18 μg Cm(III)/gDBM. Our results demonstrate that Halobacterium noricense DSM15987T interacts with Eu(III) by the formation of phosphate species, whereas for Cm(III), a complexation with carboxylic functional groups was also observed.
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- Miriam Bader
- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Tang Lab, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.
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Collins RN, Saito T, Aoyagi N, Payne TE, Kimura T, Waite TD. Applications of time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy to the environmental biogeochemistry of actinides. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2011; 40:731-741. [PMID: 21546659 DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS) is a useful means of identifying certain actinide species resulting from various biogeochemical processes. In general, TRLFS differentiates chemical species of a fluorescent metal ion through analysis of different excitation and emission spectra and decay lifetimes. Although this spectroscopic technique has largely been applied to the analysis of actinide and lanthanide ions having fluorescence decay lifetimes on the order of microseconds, such as UO , Cm, and Eu, continuing development of ultra-fast and cryogenic TRLFS systems offers the possibility to obtain speciation information on metal ions having room-temperature fluorescence decay lifetimes on the order of nanoseconds to picoseconds. The main advantage of TRLFS over other advanced spectroscopic techniques is the ability to determine in situ metal speciation at environmentally relevant micromolar to picomolar concentrations. In the context of environmental biogeochemistry, TRLFS has principally been applied to studies of (i) metal speciation in aqueous and solid phases and (ii) the coordination environment of metal ions sorbed to mineral and bacterial surfaces. In this review, the principles of TRLFS are described, and the literature reporting the application of this methodology to the speciation of actinides in systems of biogeochemical interest is assessed. Significant developments in TRLFS methodology and advanced data analysis are highlighted, and we outline how these developments have the potential to further our mechanistic understanding of actinide biogeochemistry.
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- Richard N Collins
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Sorption speciation of lanthanides/actinides on minerals by TRLFS, EXAFS and DFT studies: a review. Molecules 2010; 15:8431-68. [PMID: 21085087 PMCID: PMC6259111 DOI: 10.3390/molecules15118431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2010] [Revised: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lanthanides/actinides sorption speciation on minerals and oxides by means of time resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS), extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) and density functional theory (DFT) is reviewed in the field of nuclear disposal safety research. The theoretical aspects of the methods are concisely presented. Examples of recent research results of lanthanide/actinide speciation and local atomic structures using TRLFS, EXAFS and DFT are discussed. The interaction of lanthanides/actinides with oxides and minerals as well as their uptake are also of common interest in radionuclide chemistry. Especially the sorption and inclusion of radionuclides into several minerals lead to an improvement in knowledge of minor components in solids. In the solid-liquid interface, the speciation and local atomic structures of Eu(III), Cm(III), U(VI), and Np(IV/VI) in several natural and synthetic minerals and oxides are also reviewed and discussed. The review is important to understand the physicochemical behavior of lanthanides/actinides at a molecular level in the natural environment.
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Balasubramanian K, Cao Z. Spectroscopic Properties and Potential Energy Surfaces for Curium Hydrides: CmH 2, CmH 2+, CmH, and CmH +. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:12512-24. [DOI: 10.1021/jp903795q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- K. Balasubramanian
- College of Science, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California 94542, Chemistry and Material Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- College of Science, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California 94542, Chemistry and Material Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Moll H, Merroun M, Hennig C, Rossberg A, Selenska-Pobell S, Bernhard G. The interaction ofDesulfovibrio äspöensisDSM 10631Twith plutonium. RADIOCHIM ACTA 2009. [DOI: 10.1524/ract.2006.94.12.815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Microbes are widely distributed in nature and they can strongly influence the migration of actinides in the environment. This investigation describes the interaction of plutonium in mixed oxidation states (Pu(VI) and Pu(IV)-polymers) with cells of the sulfate-reducing bacterial (SRB) strainDesulfovibrio äspöensisDSM 10631T, which frequently occurs in the deep granitic rock aquifers at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (Äspö HRL), Sweden. In this study, accumulation experiments were performed in order to obtain information about the amount of Pu bound by the bacteria in dependence on the contact time and the initial plutonium concentration. We used solvent extractions, UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy to determine the speciation of Pu oxidation states. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy was used to study the coordination of the Pu bound by the bacteria. In the first step, the Pu(VI) and Pu(IV)-polymers are bound to the biomass. Solvent extractions showed that 97% of the initially present Pu(VI) is reduced to Pu(V) due to the activity of the cells within the first 24 h of contact time. Most of the formed Pu(V) dissolves from the cell envelope back to the aqueous solution due to the weak complexing properties of this plutonium oxidation state. Indications were found for a penetration of Pu species inside the bacterial cells.
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Cao Z, Balasubramanian K, Calvert MG, Nitsche H. Solvation Effects on Isomeric Preferences of Curium(III) Complexes with Multidentate phosphonopropionic Acid Ligands: CmH2PPA2+ and CmHPPA+ Complexes. Inorg Chem 2009; 48:9700-14. [DOI: 10.1021/ic901054h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Zhiji Cao
- College of Science, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California 94542
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- College of Science, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California 94542
- Chemistry and Material Science Directorate Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, California 94550
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Glorius M, Moll H, Bernhard G. Complexation of curium(III) with hydroxamic acids investigated by time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy. Polyhedron 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2008.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Moll H, Johnsson A, Schäfer M, Pedersen K, Budzikiewicz H, Bernhard G. Curium(III) complexation with pyoverdins secreted by a groundwater strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens. Biometals 2007; 21:219-28. [PMID: 17653625 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-007-9111-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2007] [Accepted: 07/13/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Pyoverdins, bacterial siderophores produced by ubiquitous fluorescent Pseudomonas species, have great potential to bind and thus transport actinides in the environment. Therefore, the influence of pyoverdins secreted by microbes on the migration processes of actinides must be taken into account in strategies for the risk assessment of potential nuclear waste disposal sites. The unknown interaction between curium(III) and the pyoverdins released by Pseudomonas fluorescens (CCUG 32456) isolated from the granitic rock aquifers at the Aspö Hard Rock Laboratory (Aspö HRL), Sweden, is the subject of this paper. The interaction between soluble species of curium(III) and pyoverdins was studied at trace curium(III) concentrations (3 x 10(-7)M) using time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS). Three Cm(3+)-P. fluorescens (CCUG 32456) pyoverdin species, M(p)H(q)L(r), could be identified from the fluorescence emission spectra, CmH(2)L(+), CmHL, and CmL(-), having peak maxima at 601, 607, and 611 nm, respectively. The large formation constants, log beta(121 )= 32.50 +/- 0.06, log beta(111) = 27.40 +/- 0.11, and log beta(101) = 19.30 +/- 0.17, compared to those of other chelating agents illustrate the unique complexation properties of pyoverdin-type siderophores. An indirect excitation mechanism for the curium(III) fluorescence was observed in the presence of the pyoverdin molecules.
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- Henry Moll
- Institute of Radiochemistry, Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
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Moll H, Bernhard G. Complex formation of curium(III) with amino acids of different functionalities:L-threonine andO-phospho-L-threonine. J COORD CHEM 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/00958970701194058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Henry Moll
- a Institute of Radiochemistry , Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., P.O. Box 510119, D-01314 Dresden, Germany
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- a Institute of Radiochemistry , Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., P.O. Box 510119, D-01314 Dresden, Germany
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Stumpf S, Billard I, Panak PJ, Mekki S. Differences of Eu(iii) and Cm(iii) chemistry in ionic liquids: investigations by TRLFS. Dalton Trans 2007:240-8. [PMID: 17180192 DOI: 10.1039/b612530a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
In this study the coordination structure and chemistry of Eu(III) and Cm(III) in the ionic liquid C(4)mimTf(2)N (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide) was investigated by time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS). The dissolution of 1 x 10(-2) M Eu(CF(3)SO(3))(3) and 1 x 10(-7) M Cm(ClO(4))(3) in C(4)mimTf(2)N leads to the formation of two species for each cation with fluorescence emission lifetimes of 2.5 +/- 0.2 ms and 1.0 +/- 0.3 ms for the Eu-species and 1.0 +/- 0.3 ms and 300.0 +/- 50 micros for the Cm-species. The interpretation of the TRLFS data indicates a comparable coordination for both the lanthanide and actinide cation in this ionic liquid. The quenching influence of Cu(II) on the fluorescence emission of Eu(III) and Cm(III) was also measured by TRLFS. While Cu(ii) does not quench the Cm(III) fluorescence emission in C(4)mimTf(2)N the Eu(III) fluorescence emission lifetime for both Eu-species in C(4)mimTf(2)N decreases with increasing Cu(II) concentration. Stern-Volmer constants were calculated (k(SV) = 1.54 x 10(6) M(-1) s(-1) and k(SV) = 2.70 x 10(6) M(-1)). By contrast, the interaction of Cu(II) with Eu(III) and Cm(III) in water leads to a quenching of both the lanthanide and actinide fluorescence. The calculated Stern-Volmer constants are 1.20 x 10(4) M(-1) s(-1) for Eu(III) and 1.27 x 10(4) M(-1) s(-1) for Cm(III). The investigations show, while the chemistry of trivalent lanthanides and actinides is similar in an aqueous system it is dramatically different in ionic liquids. This difference in chemical behavior may provide the opportunity for a separation of lanthanides and actinides with regard to the reprocessing of nuclear fuel.
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- Silvia Stumpf
- IPHC/DRS, Chimie Nucléaire, BP. 28, 67037 Strasbourg, France.
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Fletcher KA, Fakayode SO, Lowry M, Tucker SA, Neal SL, Kimaru IW, McCarroll ME, Patonay G, Oldham PB, Rusin O, Strongin RM, Warner IM. Molecular fluorescence, phosphorescence, and chemiluminescence spectrometry. Anal Chem 2006; 78:4047-68. [PMID: 16771540 PMCID: PMC2662353 DOI: 10.1021/ac060683m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Complexation of curium(III) by adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP): A time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS) study. Inorganica Chim Acta 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2004.12.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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