The present work report the unusual uranium uptake by foodstuff, especially those rich in carbohydrates like rice when they are cooked in water, contaminated with uranium. The major staple diet in South Asia, rice, was chosen to study its interaction with UO2(2+), the active uranium species in water, using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Highest uptake limit was checked by cooking...

The distribution of uranium in mice following intravenous and intraperitoneal injections of uranyl nitrate and uranyl tricarbonate was studied by autoradiographic and fluorometric methods at different times after administration. The investigations revealed a higher retention of uranium in the spleen and bone than in other organs, including the kidneys. We have been able to show that even very s...

The valence state of UTe$_2$ was studied by core-level photoelectron spectroscopy. main peak position the U $4f$ spectrum coincides with that UB$_2$, which is an itinerant compound a nearly $5f^3$ configuration. However, broader than and satellite structures are observed in higher binding energy side peak, characteristics mixed-valence uranium compounds. These results suggest 5$f$ mixed dominan...

Citation: Baselga-Cervera B, Romero-López J, García-Balboa C, Costas E and López-Rodas V (2018) Improvement of the Uranium Sequestration Ability of a Chlamydomonas sp. (ChlSP Strain) Isolated From Extreme Uranium Mine Tailings Through Selection for Potential Bioremediation Application. Front. Microbiol. 9:523. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00523 Improvement of the Uranium Sequestration Ability of a C...

The discovery of embryonic halos around uranium-rich sites that exhibit very high (238)U/(206)Pb ratios suggests that uranium introduction may have occurred far more recently than previously supposed. The discovery of (210)Po halos derived from uranium daughters, some elliptical in shape, further suggests that uranium-daughter infiltration occurred prior to coalification when the radionuclide t...

Gamma-spectrometric methods suitable for the characterization of highly enriched uranium samples encountered in illicit trafficking of nuclear materials are presented. In particular, procedures for determining the U, U, U, U and U contents and the age of highly enriched uranium are described. Consequently, the total uranium content and isotopic composition can be calculated. For determining the...

Factors affecting uranium removal from brackish groundwater using a direct solar powered ultrafiltration-nanofiltration/reverse osmosis membrane system were investigated during a field trial in the Australian outback. The key variables were uranium speciation (as a function of pH), groundwater type as well as energy variation over the course of a day. It was found that uranium was retained by t...

The ever-growing need for radiopharmaceuticals, i.e., compounds containing pharmaceutical drugs and radioisotopes used medical diagnostic imaging (SPECT/PET scan) treating neoplasms, is significantly leading to an increased demand such substances in hospitals clinics worldwide. Currently, most large-scale productions of required radiopharmaceuticals are carried out research reactors, via the fi...

Radon is a gas with symbol Rn and atomic number 86. It’s an active, colorless, odorless, tasteless gas formed from decaying of uranium. It is one of the densest gas, and also a health hazard due to its radioactivity. Uranium is the parent compound from which radon is formed. Uranium has been there since the earth was formed. Thus it will be present for millions of years in the same concentratio...

Based on hyper spectral data mining techniques, field spectra data is used to study the diagnosable spectral signatures of uranium mineralization factors in this paper, and the spectral features of pluton, ore-controlling fault and hydrothermal alteration including alkali metasomatism, hematitization, chloritization and hydromicazation are acquired and analyzed, the diagnosable spectra identifi...