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Zerbini M, Solari PL, Orange F, Jeanson A, Leblanc C, Gomari M, Auwer CD, Beccia MR. Exploring uranium bioaccumulation in the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum: insights from multi-scale spectroscopy and imaging. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1021. [PMID: 38200072 PMCID: PMC10781969 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49293-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Legacy radioactive waste can be defined as the radioactive waste produced during the infancy of the civil nuclear industry's development in the mid-20th Century, a time when, unfortunately, waste storage and treatment were not well planned. The marine environment is one of the environmental compartments worth studying in this regard because of legacy waste in specific locations of the seabed. Comprising nearly 70% of the earth's service, the oceans are the largest and indeed the final destination for contaminated fresh waters. For this reason, long-term studies of the accumulation biochemical mechanisms of metallic radionuclides in the marine ecosystem are required. In this context the brown algal compartment may be ecologically relevant because of forming large and dense algal beds in coastal areas and potential important biomass for contamination. This report presents the first step in the investigation of uranium (U, an element used in the nuclear cycle) bioaccumulation in the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum using a multi-scale spectroscopic and imaging approach. Contamination of A. nodosum specimens in closed aquaria at 13 °C was performed with a defined quantity of U(VI) (10-5 M). The living algal uptake was quantified by ICP-MS and a localization study in the various algal compartments was carried out by combining electronic microscopy imaging (SEM), X-ray Absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and micro X-ray Florescence (μ-XRF). Data indicate that the brown alga is able to concentrate U(VI) by an active bioaccumulation mechanism, reaching an equilibrium state after 200 h of daily contamination. A comparison between living organisms and dry biomass confirms a stress-response process in the former, with an average bioaccumulation factor (BAF) of 10 ± 2 for living specimens (90% lower compared to dry biomass, 142 ± 5). Also, these results open new perspectives for a potential use of A. nodosum dry biomass as uranium biosorbent. The different partial BAFs (bioaccumulation factors) range from 3 (for thallus) to 49 (for receptacles) leading to a compartmentalization of uranium within the seaweed. This reveals a higher accumulation capacity in the receptacles, the algal reproductive parts. SEM images highlight the different tissue distributions among the compartments with a superficial absorption in the thallus and lateral branches and several hotspots in the oospheres of the female individuals. A preliminary speciation XAS analysis identified a distinct U speciation in the gametes-containing receptacles as a pseudo-autunite phosphate phase. Similarly, XAS measurements on the lateral branches (XANES) were not conclusive with regards to the occurrence of an alginate-U complex in these tissues. Nonetheless, the hypothesis that alginate may play a role in the speciation of U in the algal thallus tissues is still under consideration.
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- Micol Zerbini
- Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, 06108, Nice, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Départementale 128, 91190, Saint-Aubin, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Commun de Microscopie Appliquée, 06108, Nice, France
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, 06108, Nice, France
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- Station Biologique de Roscoff, UMR 8227, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 29680, Roscoff, France
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, 06108, Nice, France
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, 06108, Nice, France
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, 06108, Nice, France.
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Liu J, Dotsuta Y, Kitagaki T, Aoyagi N, Mei H, Takano M, Kozai N. Alteration of fuel debris simulants by Bacillus subtilis. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2022.2162995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Jiang Liu
- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Ibaraki, Japan
- Advanced Science Research Center, JAEA, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Ibaraki, Japan
- Advanced Science Research Center, JAEA, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Ibaraki, Japan
- Advanced Science Research Center, JAEA, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Advanced Science Research Center, JAEA, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Advanced Science Research Center, JAEA, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, JAEA, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Ibaraki, Japan
- Advanced Science Research Center, JAEA, Ibaraki, Japan
- Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center, JAEA, Okayama, Japan
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Tonna R, Sasaki T, Kodama Y, Kobayashi T, Akiyama D, Kirishima A, Sato N, Kumagai Y, Kusaka R, Watanabe M. Phase analysis of simulated nuclear fuel debris synthesized using UO2, Zr, and stainless steel and leaching behavior of the fission products and matrix elements. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2022.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Kusaka R, Kumagai Y, Watanabe M, Sasaki T, Akiyama D, Sato N, Kirishima A. Raman identification and characterization of chemical components included in simulated nuclear fuel debris synthesized from uranium, stainless steel, and zirconium. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2022.2128460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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- Ryoji Kusaka
- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto Daigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Center for Fundamental Research on Nuclear Decommissioning, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Shiryaev AA, Burakov BE, Yapaskurt VO, Zubekhina BY, Averin AA, Petrov Y, Orlova V, Silantyeva E, Nickolsky MS, Zirlin VA, Nikolaeva LD. Products of molten corium-metal interaction in chernobyl accident: Composition and leaching of radionuclides. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2022.104373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Park KC, Martin CR, Leith GA, Thaggard GC, Wilson GR, Yarbrough BJ, Maldeni Kankanamalage BKP, Kittikhunnatham P, Mathur A, Jatoi I, Manzi MA, Lim J, Lehman-Andino I, Hernandez-Jimenez A, Amoroso JW, DiPrete DP, Liu Y, Schaeperkoetter J, Misture ST, Phillpot SR, Hu S, Li Y, Leydier A, Proust V, Grandjean A, Smith MD, Shustova NB. Capture Instead of Release: Defect-Modulated Radionuclide Leaching Kinetics in Metal-Organic Frameworks. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:16139-16149. [PMID: 36027644 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Comparison of defect-controlled leaching-kinetics modulation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and porous functionalized silica-based materials was performed on the example of a radionuclide and radionuclide surrogate for the first time, revealing an unprecedented readsorption phenomenon. On a series of zirconium-based MOFs as model systems, we demonstrated the ability to capture and retain >99% of the transuranic 241Am radionuclide after 1 week of storage. We report the possibility of tailoring radionuclide release kinetics in MOFs through framework defects as a function of postsynthetically installed organic ligands including cation-chelating crown ether-based linkers. Based on comprehensive analysis using spectroscopy (EXAFS, UV-vis, FTIR, and NMR), X-ray crystallography (single crystal and powder), and theoretical calculations (nine kinetics models and structure simulations), we demonstrated the synergy of radionuclide integration methods, topological restrictions, postsynthetic scaffold modification, and defect engineering. This combination is inaccessible in any other material and highlights the advantages of using well-defined frameworks for gaining fundamental knowledge necessary for the advancement of actinide-based material development, providing a pathway for addressing upcoming challenges in the nuclear waste administration sector.
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- Kyoung Chul Park
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina 29808, United States
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- Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina 29808, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering, Alfred University, Alfred, New York 14802, United States
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- Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering, Alfred University, Alfred, New York 14802, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA), DES, ISEC, DMRC, University Montpellier, Marcoule, BP 17171, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA), DES, ISEC, DMRC, University Montpellier, Marcoule, BP 17171, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA), DES, ISEC, DMRC, University Montpellier, Marcoule, BP 17171, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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Sun Y, Watanabe S, Muta H, Ohishi Y, Kurosaki K. Phase behavior of oxidized Ce and Gd-doped (U,Zr)O 2. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2022.2112782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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- Yifan Sun
- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, Osaka, Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, Osaka, Japan
- Research Institute of Nuclear Engineering, University of Fukui, Fukui-shi, Japan
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Kumagai Y, Kusaka R, Nakada M, Watanabe M, Akiyama D, Kirishima A, Sato N, Sasaki T. Uranium dissolution and uranyl peroxide formation by immersion of simulated fuel debris in aqueous H 2O 2 solution. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2021.2023055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Yuta Kumagai
- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- Center for Fundamental Research on Nuclear Decommissioning, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University , Kyoto, Japan
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Ikeuchi H. Leaching behavior of multiphase solidified melt prepared from stainless steel and Zircaloy. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2021.2009390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Hirotomo Ikeuchi
- Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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Grambow B, Nitta A, Shibata A, Koma Y, Utsunomiya S, Takami R, Fueda K, Ohnuki T, Jegou C, Laffolley H, Journeau C. Ten years after the NPP accident at Fukushima : review on fuel debris behavior in contact with water. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2021.1966347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Bernd Grambow
- SUBATECH (IMT Atlantique, CNRS-IN2P3, University De Nantes), Nantes, France
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science, Japan Atomic Energy Agency(JAEA), Ibaraki, Japan
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- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science, Japan Atomic Energy Agency(JAEA), Ibaraki, Japan
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- Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- NPO Environmental Sustainable Research Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Japan
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DE2D, University of Montpellier, Marcoule, France
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- SUBATECH (IMT Atlantique, CNRS-IN2P3, University De Nantes), Nantes, France
- CEA, DES, IRESNE, DTN, Severe Accident Experimental Laboratory, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- CEA, DES, IRESNE, DTN, Severe Accident Experimental Laboratory, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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Onishi T, Maeda K, Katsuyama K. Leaching behavior of radionuclides from samples prepared from spent fuel rod comparable to core debris in the 1F NPS. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2020.1822943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Takashi Onishi
- Oarai Research and Development Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Oarai Research and Development Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Oarai Research and Development Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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Sasaki T, Sakamoto S, Akiyama D, Kirishima A, Kobayashi T, Sato N. Leaching behavior of gamma-emitting fission products, calcium, and uranium from simulated MCCI debris in water. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2019.1641444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Takayuki Sasaki
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Sasaki T, Takeno Y, Kobayashi T, Kirishima A, Sato N. Leaching behavior of gamma-emitting fission products and Np from neutron-irradiated UO2–ZrO2solid solutions in non-filtered surface seawater. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2015.1055315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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