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Johansen, M. P.*; Child, D. P.*; Collins, R.*; Cook, M.*; Davis, J.*; Hotchkis, M. A. C.*; Howard, D. L.*; Howell, N.*; 池田 篤史; Young, E.*
Science of the Total Environment, 842, p.156755_1 - 156755_11, 2022/10
被引用回数：4 パーセンタイル：53.82(Environmental Sciences)While they have appeared only recently in earth's history, radioactive particles from anthropogenic sources are widespread in global environments and present radiological harm potentials to living organisms. Here we compare a varied set of particles from past nuclear fission and non-fission sources in Australia of highly diverse magnitudes, release modes, and environments. Numerous radioactive particles persist in soils 60 + years after their release events. Particles can be distinguished by their Ca/Fe and Si/Fe elemental ratios, which in this study range over orders of magnitude and reflect the materials available during their individual formation events. The particles from nuclear testing have dominant 
Pu activity concentrations, relative to 
Sr and 
Cs, which increases long-term radiological hazard from alpha emissions if inhaled or ingested, and contrasts with particles from nuclear power accidents (e.g., Fukushima). Internal fracturing is more prevalent than previously reported, and fracturing is greater in Ca-rich vs. Si-dominated matrices.
Baron, P.*; Cornet, S. M.*; Collins, E. D.*; DeAngelis, G.*; Del Cul, G.*; Fedorov, Y.*; Glatz, J. P.*; Ignatiev, V.*; 井上 正*; Khaperskaya, A.*; et al.
Progress in Nuclear Energy, 117, p.103091_1 - 103091_24, 2019/11
被引用回数：73 パーセンタイル：94.03(Nuclear Science & Technology)本論文では、将来のクローズド燃料サイクルにおける使用済燃料のための分離プロセスに対する国際的リビューの結果が、技術成熟度評価の結果ととともに示されている。本研究は、ORCD/NEAで組織された燃料リサイクル化学に関する専門家グループによって実施されたものである。本研究の特徴的な点は、分離プロセスを使用済燃料中の分離対象元素(ウラン, ウラン-プルトニウム, マイナーアクチノイド, 発熱性元素等)別の分離階層により区分けして評価したことであり、これに使用済燃料の前処理プロセスの評価を加えている。分離プロセスとしては湿式プロセスと乾式プロセスの両者をカバーしている。
Collins, R. N.*; 斉藤 拓巳*; 青柳 登; Payne, T. E.*; 木村 貴海; Waite, T. D.*
Journal of Environmental Quality, 40(3), p.731 - 741, 2011/05
被引用回数：33 パーセンタイル：63.75(Environmental Sciences)Time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS) is a useful means of identifying certain actinide species resulting from various biogeochemical processes. In general, TRLFS differentiates chemical species of a fluorescent metal ion through analysis of different excitation and emission spectra and decay lifetimes. The main advantage of TRLFS over other advanced spectroscopic techniques is the ability to determine in situ metal speciation at environmentally relevant micromolar to picomolar concentrations. In the context of environmental biogeochemistry, TRLFS has principally been applied to studies of (1) metal speciation in aqueous and solid phases and (2) the coordination environment of metal ions sorbed to mineral and bacterial surfaces. In this review, the principles of TRLFS are described, and the literature reporting the application of this methodology to the speciation of actinides in systems of biogeochemical interest is assessed. Significant developments in TRLFS methodology and advanced data analysis are highlighted, and we outline how these developments have the potential to further our mechanistic understanding of actinide biogeochemistry.
