Actinides 2008 Basic Science, Applications and Technology

by Albrecht-schmitt, T.; Chung, B.; Goulder, T.; Shuh, D.; Thompson, J.

• ISBN13: 9781605110745
• ISBN10: 1605110744
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-04
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

With the growing demand for affordable energy and concerns about the environment, there is a renaissance underway in fundamental actinide science, underpinning the development of materials, fuels waste forms, and separation technologies for nuclear energy.

Table of Contents

Phase Transformation and Metallurgy
Electronic Phase Transitions in F-Electron Metals at High Pressures: Synchrotron X-ray Spectroscopic Studies on Gd to 100 GPa	p. 3
High Pressure Phase Transformations in Heavy Rare Earth Metals and Connections to Actinide Crystal Structures	p. 11
Influence of Radiation Damage and Isochronal Annealing on the Magnetic Susceptibility of Pu[subscript 1-x]Am[subscript x] Alloys	p. 17
Ambient-Temperature Conditioning as a Probe of Double-C Transformation Mechanisms in Pu-2.0 at. % Ga	p. 25
Enabling the Double-C Curve in Pu-Ga Alloy Time- Temperature-Transformation Diagrams	p. 31
Electron Correlation and Structure
Quantifying the Importance of Orbital Over Spin Correlations in [delta]-Pu Within Density-Functional Theory	p. 39
Theory of Photoemission in Actinides	p. 45
Electronic Structure and Photoemission in Plutonium Chalcogenides	p. 53
Theoretical Studies of Spectral Properties of Plutonium	p. 59
First-Principles Study of the Electronic Structure and Local Moment Interactions in PuAm Alloy	p. 65
Nuclear Fuel, Waste and Storage
Zirconia Inert Matrix Fuel for Plutonium and Minor Actinides Management in Reactors and as an Ultimate Waste Form	p. 75
Surface Mediated Processes in the Interaction of Spent Fuel or [alpha]-doped UO[subscript 2] with H[subscript 2]	p. 87
Accelerated Dissolution Process of the Spent Fuel (UO[subscript 2]) Under Repository Conditions	p. 101
Pu-Bearing Materials - From Fundamental Science to Storage Standards	p. 107
Testing of Uranium Dioxide Containing Different Levels of Alpha Activity Under Anaerobic and Reducing Conditions	p. 115
Actinide Chemistry I
On the Suitability of Lanthanides as Actinide Analogs	p. 123
Comparison of Aromatic Dithiophosphinic and Phosphinic Acid Derivatives for Minor Actinide Extraction	p. 129
Orbital Hybridization in Uranium Compounds and Its Influence on Electronic Properties	p. 135
Actinide Chemistry II
Actinide Selective Systems for Environmental Extraction and Sensing Applications	p. 143
Spectroscopy and Microscopy to Actinides
Spin-Orbit Coupling versus Exchange Interaction in Actinide Metals	p. 153
Scanning Transmission X-ray Spectromicroscopy of Actinide Complexes	p. 165
Poster Session: Actinides
Soft X-ray Studies of Pu Electronic Structure: Past Lessons and Future Directions	p. 173
The Utilization of Spin Polarized Photoelectron Spectroscopy as a Probe of Electron Correlation with an Ultimate Goal of Pu	p. 179
Suppression of Hidden Order and Emergence of Ferromagnetism in URu[subscript 2-x]Re[subscript x]Si[subscript 2]	p. 185
Physical Property Changes in Aging Plutonium Alloys	p. 191
Meta-Autunite Solubility as Related to Uranium Minerals in Concrete Waste Forms	p. 195
Preliminary Study of Corrosion Mechanisms of Actinides Alloys: Calibration of FT-IR Spectroscopy	p. 203
Multi Scale Study of Self-Irradiation Effects in Plutonium Alloys	p. 209
A Model for the Study of Molecules Radiochemical Decomposition by Actinides Materials	p. 215
Direct Energy Conversion Nano-Hybrid Fuel	p. 221
Recoil Based Fuel Breeding Fuel Structure	p. 227
Spectroscopy/Microscopy and Atomistic Modeling
Toward Modeling Charge-Defect Reactions at the Atomistic Level	p. 235
Signatures of Non-Integer 5f Occupancy in Pu Systems: Magnetic Properties and Photoelectron Spectroscopy Studies	p. 241
Plutonium Elastic Moduli, Electron Localization, and Temperature	p. 249
Excitation Energy Dependence in Near-Infrared Photoluminescence Spectra and Dynamics of PuO[subscript 2][superscript 2+] in Cs[subscript 2]U(Pu)O[subscript 2]Cl[subscript 4]	p. 253
Intrinsically Localized Modes in Uranium and the Prospect for Finding Them in Plutonium	p. 259
Superconductivity and Complex Behavior
Evolution of Superconducting and Hidden Order Phases in URu[subscript 2]Si[subscript 2] Under Applied Pressure	p. 267
Author Index	p. 279
Subject Index	p. 281
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