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Spectrophotometric determination of uranium and plutonium in LMFBR fuel-sodium aerosols

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Spectrophotometric investigations of sodium-(Pu,U)O2 and sodium-PuO2 aerosols were conducted with aerosols collected both in dry air on filters or in impinger solutions. These studies confirm previous observations (Annual Report, 1978) that the uranium present in the LMFBR fuel-sodium aerosol was rapidly converted to a soluble uranyl carbonate complex ion species in the presence of air and moisture. In addition, our results demonstrate that previous speculations concerning the valence of plutonium in the aerosol must be reexamined

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Imprint Title
Pacific Northwest Laboratory annual report for 1979 to the DOE Assistant Secretary for Environment. Part 1. Biomedical Sciences
Journal Page Range
p. 145-146.
Report number
PNL--3300(Pt.1)

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Country of Publication
United States
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United States
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11557616
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; S58: GEOSCIENCES; S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY;
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AIR; FBR TYPE REACTORS; HUMIDITY; LIQUID METAL FUELS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; SODIUM; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; URANIUM; URANIUM OXIDES; URANYL COMPLEXES; VALENCE
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ACTINIDE COMPLEXES; ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; AEROSOLS; ALKALI METALS; BREEDER REACTORS; CHALCOGENIDES; COLLOIDS; COMPLEXES; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FLUIDS; FUELS; GASES; LIQUID FUELS; METALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SOLS; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM COMPLEXES; URANIUM COMPOUNDS