The spatial distribution of (238)U-series radionuclides, specifically 238U, 234U, 230Th and 226Ra, has been determined in stream sediments from Edale, Derbyshire, United Kingdom, to explore the behaviour of U-series radionuclides during weathering. For uranium and thorium, two different extraction methods were used, total dissolution with HNO3/HF in a microwave and leaching with aqua regia. Thi...

The Kamioka Liquid scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector (KamLAND) is collecting antineutrino events generated by nuclear reactors and by Thorium and Uranium decay in the Earth interior. We comment on a systematic approach to the evaluation of the geo-neutrino contribution and of its uncertainties in KamLAND, taking into account geophysical and geochemical indications, estimates, and data. The re...

Hydrogen generation technologies have become increasingly important due to recent attention focusing on fuel cells. The water-gas shift reaction, which is performed in two stages as highand low-temperature shift, is of central significance to produce highpurity hydrogen. Generally, the high-temperature water-gas shift reaction (HTS) is conducted on Fe-Cr catalysts. However, these catalytic syst...

The synthesis, structure, and reactivity of a thorium metallacyclopentadiene were comprehensively studied. The reduction of (η(5)-C5Me5)2ThCl2 () with potassium graphite (KC8) in the presence of diphenylacetylene (PhC[triple bond, length as m-dash]CPh) yields the first thorium metallacyclopentadiene complex (η(5)-C5Me5)2Th(η(2)-C4Ph4) (). Density functional theory (DFT) studies suggest that the...

Due to limited sources of natural uranium, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has sought thorium (Th) as an alternative source of nuclear fuel. India has one of the largest deposits of natural Th in the form of monazite in Kerala. The currently known Indian Th reserves amount to 155,000 GWe-yr of electrical energy and can meet the energy requirements during the next century and beyond. Thorium-2...

The anticoagulant action of certain cations, particularly some of the lanthanides, has been known for forty years (2-6), and one of them, neodymium, has been used as an antithrombotic agent (4, 6-11). Little is known about the related actinides, such as uranium and thorium. Our interest in thorium derived from studies on the untoward effect of the endotoxin-induced generalized Shwartzman phenom...

naturally occurring radionuclide of terrestrial origin (also called primordial radionuclide) are present in various degrees in all media in the environment, including the human body itself. their concentrations in environment decrease continually by decaying. the main objective of this study is to evaluate the radioactivity levels and health risks due to terrestrial radionuclide in soil of yalo...

The potential health hazards of radioelements taken into the body are well known (1, 2). The present study is part of a program designed to test the effect of zirconium and other sahs on the metabolism of long lived radioelements. It has been shown that the early administration of zirconium salts to experimental animals previously injected with plutonium (Pu”~~) and radioyttrium (Ygl) resulted ...