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Distribution of Uranium-Bearing Phases in Soils From Fernald

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

E. C. Buck ,
N. R. Brown  and
N. L. Dietz
E. C. Buck
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439.
N. R. Brown
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439.
N. L. Dietz
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439.
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Abstract

Electron beam techniques have been used to characterize uranium-contaminated soils at the Fernald Site, Ohio. Uranium particulates have been deposited on the soil through chemical spills and from the operation of an incinerator plant on the site. The major uranium phases have been identified by electron microscopy as uraninite, autunite, and uranium phosphite [U(PO3)4]. Some of the uranium has undergone weathering resulting in the redistribution of uranium within the soil.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 333: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVII , 1993 , 437
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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