[HTML][HTML] Uranium in natural waters and the environment: Distribution, speciation and impact

PL Smedley, DG Kinniburgh - Applied Geochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The concentrations of U in natural waters are usually low, being typically less than 4 μg/L in
river water, around 3.3 μg/L in open seawater, and usually less than 5 μg/L in groundwater …

Actinide colloids and particles of environmental concern

C Walther, MA Denecke - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
The radioecological relevance of actinide particles 1 did not first become a matter of concern
following the nuclear accidents at Fukushima, Chernobyl, or Three Mile Island. Public and …

A re-assessment of elemental proxies for paleoredox analysis

TJ Algeo, J Liu - Chemical Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Paleoredox conditions are commonly evaluated based on elemental proxies but, despite
their frequency of use, most of these proxies have received little comparative evaluation or …

Persistence of uranium groundwater plumes: Contrasting mechanisms at two DOE sites in the groundwater–river interaction zone

JM Zachara, PE Long, J Bargar, JA Davis, P Fox… - Journal of contaminant …, 2013 - Elsevier
We examine subsurface uranium (U) plumes at two US Department of Energy sites that are
located near large river systems and are influenced by groundwater–river hydrologic …

Uranium release from sediment to groundwater: influence of water chemistry and insights into release mechanisms

MS Alam, T Cheng - Journal of contaminant hydrology, 2014 - Elsevier
Uranium (U) contamination in groundwater often results from natural geochemical
processes such as mineral dissolution and desorption of adsorbed U from mineral surface …

Guidelines for thermodynamic sorption modelling in the context of radioactive waste disposal

TE Payne, V Brendler, M Ochs, B Baeyens… - … modelling & software, 2013 - Elsevier
Thermodynamic sorption models (TSMs) offer the potential to improve the incorporation of
sorption in environmental modelling of contaminant migration. One specific application is …

Molecular-scale structure of uranium (VI) immobilized with goethite and phosphate

A Singh, JG Catalano, KU Ulrich… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
The molecular-scale immobilization mechanisms of uranium uptake in the presence of
phosphate and goethite were examined by extended X-ray absorption fine structure …

Field‐scale model for the natural attenuation of uranium at the Hanford 300 Area using high‐performance computing

GE Hammond, PC Lichtner - Water Resources Research, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution, three‐dimensional, reactive flow and transport simulations are carried out
to describe the migration of hexavalent uranium [U (VI)] at the Hanford 300 Area bordering …

Molecular simulation of the diffusion of uranyl carbonate species in aqueous solution

S Kerisit, C Liu - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2010 - Elsevier
Potential-based molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous uranyl carbonate species
(MxUO2 (CO3) y2+ 2x− 2y with M= Mg, Ca, or Sr) were carried out to gain molecular-level …

Effect of phosphate on U (VI) sorption to montmorillonite: ternary complexation and precipitation barriers

LD Troyer, F Maillot, Z Wang, Z Wang, VS Mehta… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Phosphate addition is a potential treatment method to lower the solubility of U (VI) in soil and
groundwater systems by causing U (VI) phosphate precipitation as well as enhancing …