The activities of the group comprise the synthesis, characterization and reactivity studies of inorganic, organometallic and intermetallic compounds of actinides and lanthanides in order to understand the influence of the electronic configuration and of the size of these elements in the chemical behaviour of their compounds. Reactivity properties are assessed by stoichiometric reactions and by ...

Cross sections and fission yields can be correlated, depending on the selection of integral experimental data. To support this statement, work presents use isotopic compositions (both for actinides products) from a sample irradiated in reactor, to construct correlations between various cross yields. This study is therefore complementing previous analysis demonstrating that different types nucle...

Abstract CyMe4-BTPhen and CyMe4-BTBP are the principal ligand systems used in Europe for separation of actinides from lanthanides as a part SANEX process nuclear recycling reprocessing. We present new approach to synthesis CyMe4 fragment beginning readily available hydroxypivalic acid. It features cobalt-catalysed homocoupling neopentyl bromide provide key bisester precursor, thereby avoiding r...

The recent availability of precisely measured fusion cross-sections has enabled the extraction of a representation of the distribution of barriers encountered during fusion. These representations, obtained from a variety of reactions, provide a direct observation of how the structure of the fusing nuclei changes the inter–nuclear potential landscape, thus affecting the fusion probability. Recen...

Discriminators are described that quantify enhancements added to plutonium destruction and/or nuclear waste transmutation systems through use of an accelerator/fluid fuel combination. This combination produces a robust and flexible nuclear system capable of the destruction of all major long-lived actinides (including plutonium) and fission products. The discriminators discussed in this report a...