Published 1992 | Version v1
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Solubility of uranyl in brine

  • 1. Tohoku Univ., Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Sendai (Japan)
  • 2. Royal Inst. of Technology, Dept. of Inorganic Chemistry, S-100 44 Stockholm (Sweden)
  • 3. Univ. of Patras, Dept. of Chemistry, Radiochemistry and Radiation Chemistry Lab., Patras (Greece)
  • 4. Dept. of Chemistry, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)

Description

This paper reports that the solubility of UO22+ has been measured in a synthetic brine solution at pcH values between 6.4 and 12.4. The solubility is greater at pcH 8.4 (ca. 2 x 10-3M) than at 6.4 (ca. 3 x 10-6 M) but is lower at 10.4 (ca. 2 x 10-7 M) and 12.4 (ca. 2x 10-7 M). The nature of the solid was studied by X-ray diffraction an seems to be a Schoepite at pcH < 9 and K2U2O7 above pcH 10. Modelling calculations indicate formation of UP2(CO3)34- accounts for the increased solubility at pcH < 9. The decreased solubility above that value can be associated with removal of CO32- from solution via CaCO3 precipitation which result in the less soluble UO2(OH)3- becoming the dominant solution species

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Nuclear Society.
Imprint Place
La Grange Park, IL (United States)
ISBN
0-87262-891-4
Imprint Title
Proceedings of high level radioactive waste management
Imprint Pagination
2425 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 1607-1611.

Conference

Title
3. international high level radioactive waste management (IHLRWM) conference.
Dates
12-16 Apr 1992.
Place
Las Vegas, NV (United States).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-920430--.