Feasibility study for the oxidation of Am(III) by photolysis

The results of a literature survey indicate that Am(III) may be light sensitive because it is characteristically similar to neptunium and plutonium. The redox potentials of americium are greater than the other two elements (which will probably make it more difficult to photolyze), and it does not absorb appreciable uv above 240 nm. A lamp whose emission is in the far uv region, a Suprasil quartz spectrophotometric-photolysis cell, and possibly an inert-atmosphere containment jacket would be needed to photolyze Am(III) in the glove box