Analysis of Heat Release Processes inside Storage Facilities Containing Irradiated Nuclear Graphite by Alexander O. Pavliuk, Evgeniy V. Bespala, Sergey G. Kotlyarevskiy, Ivan Yu. Novoselov, Veleriy N. Kotov

“…The article is dedicated to the safety assessment of mixed storage of irradiated graphite and other types of radioactive waste accumulated during the operation of uranium-graphite reactors. The analysis of heat release processes inside storages containing irradiated nuclear graphite, representing a potential hazard due to the possible heating and, accordingly, the release of long-lived radionuclides during oxidation was carried out. …”
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Blasting Energy Analysis of the Different Cutting Methods by Ke Man, Xiaoli Liu, Ju Wang, Xiyong Wang

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DETERMINATION OF WATER QUALITY IN SPRINGS OF EKATERINBURG CITY AND SVERDLOVSK OBLAST by Vladimir S. Semenishchev, Svetlana M. Titova, Anna V. Voronina

“…At the same time, activity concentrations of uranium and thorium did not exceed the level of intervention. …”

INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES MARKETS by S. Z. Zhiznin, V. M. Timohov

“…The paper also analyzes the statistical data on the global export and import of natural uranium, enriched and depleted uranium, plutonium, thorium and some stable isotopes of non-medical purposes, presented by a company «Trend economy» in 2014. …”
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Dynamic Analysis of a Pyroprocessing Coupled SFR Fuel Recycling by Fanxing Gao, Won Il Ko

“…Numerous studies have attempted to solve the problems constraining the sustainable utilization of nuclear power, for example, the already accumulated HLWs, the worsening environment due to greenhouse emissions, the questionable reliability of natural uranium resources, and the argument over nuclear safety, which are certainly top issues to be addressed. …”
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Controversy Over Bullets and in the Bully Pulpit

“…Nature leads with a story about the suspected double-whammy packed by bullets made of depleted uranium. A slew of new appointees in both houses of the U.S. …”
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The Healing Process of the Joints between Buffer Material Blocks and the Influence on Solute Migration by Rui Zhou, Yuemiao Liu, Tao Xu, Yufeng Gao

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Research Progress and Prospect of Extraction of Mo(VI) by Ionic Liquid by Zong GUO, Junze LI, Chaozhen ZHENG, Yufang WANG, Zhixing QIN, Ye CHENG, Xu ZHAO, Pengyuan LIU, Zihao WANG, Taiwei CHU

“…Rapid and selective separation of 99Mo from fission products of high enriched uranium or low enriched uranium targets is a key scientific problem to be solved. …”
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Oxidative Precipitation of Manganese from Acid Mine Drainage by Potassium Permanganate by Regeane M. Freitas, Thomaz A. G. Perilli, Ana Claudia Q. Ladeira

“…Samples of AMD that originated from inactive uranium mine in Brazil were chemically characterised and treated by KMnO4 at pH 3.0, 5.0, and 7.0. …”
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LE « SICKNESS COUNTRY » (PARC DE KAKADU, AUSTRALIE): ENTRE MYTHE, RÉALITÉ ET MISE EN VALEUR TOURISTIQUE by ERIC FOUACHE, CÉCILE FOUACHE, CHRISTINE SYREN

“…Currently, the three types activity going on in the Park have led to acontradictory stance: the exploitation of uranium mine close to Jabiru Town, tourism in the Kakadu Park and Arnhem Territory. …”
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Serum Level Alteration of IL-6, IL-1β, and IFN-γ in Groups of Healthy Adults with Oxidative DNA Damage in Najaf Governorate by Dhuha S. Saleh, Hayder S. Hussain, Hasan N. Al-Haidari, Samia K. Abbas, Ayaid K. Zgair, Seenaa M. Ali

“…The control group 4 (G4; n, 25) were adult healthy Iraqi volunteers who were residents of the Sulaimaniyah governorate, which has low-level uranium pollution. The present study aims to determine the effect of uranium pollution and DNA damage on the immune system function in terms of estimating the levels of serum interleukin (IL)-6, interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), and IL-1 beta (β). …”
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Crystal Chemistry and Structural Complexity of the Uranyl Vanadate Minerals and Synthetic Compounds by Ivan V. Kuporev, Sophia A. Kalashnikova, Vladislav V. Gurzhiy

“…This paper reviews perhaps one of the most enigmatic groups of secondary uranium minerals. The number of uranyl vanadate mineral species does not reach even 20, and they do not display a large range of structural diversity, but those natural phases form rather massive deposits that can be mined as uranium ores. …”
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Modeling Radionuclide Transfer from Pasture to Milk in Kisoro, South- Western Uganda by Habakwiha V, Oruru B, Tumps Ireeta W

“…The ingestion transfer rates of uranium varied from 3.1 10-6 to 7.6 10-6 y l-1 while for thorium, the ingestion transfer rates varied from 2.2 10-6 to 7.5 10-6 y l-1. …”
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Conceptual Design of a 10 MW Multipurpose Research Reactor Using VVR-KN Fuel by Nhi-Dien Nguyen, Kien-Cuong Nguyen, Ton-Nghiem Huynh, Doan-Hai-Dang Vo, Hoai-Nam Tran

“…The core consists of 36 fuel assemblies: 27 standard fuel assemblies and 9 control fuel assemblies with the uranium density of 2.8 gU/cm3 and the 235U enrichment of 19.75 wt.%. …”
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Organic Matter Accumulation Mechanism in the Lower Cambrian Strata from Well Luntan 1 in the Tarim Basin, NW China by Qian Deng, Haizu Zhang, Haozhe Wang, Zhiwei Wei, Bin Cheng, Shida Li, Yunpeng Wang, Oluwabamise Lekan Faboya, Zewen Liao

“…Moreover, variations in the enrichment factors of molybdenum, uranium, and vanadium and molybdenum-uranium covariation pattern indicated suboxic-anoxic conditions in the Qigebulake Formation, anoxic-euxinic conditions in the Yuertusi Formation, and suboxic-oxic conditions in the Xiaoerbulake Formation. …”
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Effect of Microwave Pretreatment on Grindability of Lead-Zinc Ore by Qing Yu, Dexin Ding, Wenguang Chen, Nan Hu, Lingling Wu, Qiucai Zhang, Yulong Liu, Zhijun Zhang, Feng Li, Xilong Xue, Zhaopeng Li, Guicheng He

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Assessment of contamination of natural waters with radionuclides and heavy metals the case of Karabulak creek at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. by Madina Dyussembayeva, Almira Aidarkhanova, Azhar Tashekova, Yerbol Shakenov, Vladimir Kolbin, Alyona Merkel, Fail Zhamaldinov, Natalya Larionova, Igor Gorlachev, Pavel Kharkin, Sergey Lukashenko, Yelena Yevlampiyeva

“…This paper presents research data on water contamination levels of artificial radionuclides and heavy metals in Karabulak Creek at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. The uranium isotopic composition has been studied (235U and 238U). …”
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Impact of Thorium Capture Cross Section Uncertainty on the Thorium Utilized ADS Reactivity Calculation by Thanh Mai Vu, Takanori Kitada

“…However, the recent thorium cross section libraries are limited compared to uranium cross section libraries. The impact of thorium cross section uncertainty on thorium fuel utilized accelerator driven system (ADS) reactivity calculation is estimated in this study. …”
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Chemical Speciation of Thorium in Marine Biogenic Particulate Matter by Katsumi Hirose

“…Concentrations of particulate thorium in seawater were determined together with the strong organic ligand (SOL) and uranium in particulate matter (PM). The concentrations of particulate Th in surface waters of the western North Pacific and the Sea of Japan ranged from 0.05 to 1.5 pM (1 x 10−12 M), and showed relatively large temporal and spatial variations. …”
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Adsorption of U(VI) from Aqueous Solution onto Hydrotalcite-Like Compounds by Nguyen Van Suc

“…Uranium adsorption by the synthesized compound of magnesium aluminum hydroxide hydrate – layered double hydrotalcite (STH)-like compounds was studied. …”
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