Environmental Chemistry of Radionuclides : Open Questions and Perspectives

Abstract: Since the discovery of nuclear fission, atomic energy has become for mankind a source of energy, but it has also become a source of consternation. This Perspective presents and discusses the methodological evolution of the work performed in the radiochemistry laboratory that is part of the Institut de Chimie de Nice (France). Most studies in radioecology and environmental radiochemistry have intended to assess the impact and inventory of very low levels of radionuclides in specific environmental compartments. But chemical mechanisms at the molecular level remain a mystery because it is technically impossible (due to large dilution factors) to assess speciation in those systems. Ultra‐trace levels of contamination and heterogeneity often preclude the use of spectroscopic techniques and the determination of direct speciation data, thus forming the bottleneck of speciation studies. The work performed in the Nice radiochemistry laboratory underlines this effort to input speciation data (using spectroscopic techniques like X ray Absorption Spectroscopy) in environmental and radioecological metrics.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Environmental Chemistry of Radionuclides : Open Questions and Perspectives ; day:01 ; month:07 ; year:2022 ; extent:1 ; ChemPlusChem ; (01.07.2022) (gesamt 1)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Beccia, Maria Rosa ; Creff, Gaëlle ; Den Auwer, Christophe ; Di Giorgio, Christophe ; Jeanson, Aurélie ; Michel, Hervé

Further information

• DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202200108
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022070215132580874478
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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