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Thermal Alteration of Uranium Mobility in Clay Minerals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

B. Ritherdon ,
C. R. Hughes ,
F. R. Livens ,
S. Richardson  and
A. Braithwaite
B. Ritherdon
Affiliation:
Dept. of Earth Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
C. R. Hughes
Affiliation:
Dept. of Earth Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
F. R. Livens
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
S. Richardson
Affiliation:
BNFL, Sellafield, Seascale, Cumbria CA20 1PG
A. Braithwaite
Affiliation:
BNFL, Sellafield, Seascale, Cumbria CA20 1PG
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Clay minerals are well known to be capable of retarding the movement of many potential pollutants, such as uranium, with their relatively high sorption capacities2. It has been suggested that high temperature thermal treatment processes are a potential method for the in situ immobilization of radionuclides or other contaminants2. The effect of progressive heating on the leaching behaviour of uraniferous clay material has therefore been investigated.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 506: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXI , 1997 , 1075
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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