RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-04-23DOI: 10.1134/S1066362224010156
N. V. Kuzmenkova, V. G. Petrov, A. K. Rozhkova, E. A. Tokar, K. Shi, S. N. Kalmykov, X. Hou
{"title":"Distribution of Np, Pu, and Am in Water, Suspended Matter, and Bottom Sediments of Peter the Great Bay","authors":"N. V. Kuzmenkova, V. G. Petrov, A. K. Rozhkova, E. A. Tokar, K. Shi, S. N. Kalmykov, X. Hou","doi":"10.1134/S1066362224010156","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362224010156","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The content of <sup>237</sup>Np, <sup>239,240</sup>Pu, and <sup>241</sup>Am in seawater, suspended matter, and bottom sediment cores of the Ussuri and Amur Bays, sampled in July 2021 and August 2022, was analyzed. The activity concentrations of <sup>237</sup>Np, <sup>239,240</sup>Pu, and <sup>241</sup>Am in the water of Peter the Great Bay were determined for the first time and were found to be equal to (19–105) × 10<sup>–3</sup>, 2.0–5.3, and 24.1–33.5 mBq/m<sup>3</sup>, respectively. The activity concentrations as well as the <sup>239</sup>Pu/<sup>240</sup>Pu isotope ratio (⁓0.18) in the bottom sediments definitely indicate that global fallout is the main source of plutonium in the investigated territory. The sedimentation rates were determined for the Amur Bay (in the Razdolnaya River estuary), 0.9 mm/year, and for the Ussuri Bay, 4.1 mm/year. Actinide transfer coefficients were determined for Peter the Great Bay in the system dissolved forms (including colloids)–suspended matter–bottom sediment.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 1","pages":"115 - 123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140804191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-04-23DOI: 10.1134/S1066362224010016
O. S. Dmitrieva, M. G. Dmitriev, A. Yu. Shadrin, D. A. Kapralov, A. S. Kornilov, A. A. Pylaeva, O. N. Nikitin
{"title":"Preparation of Uranium/Plutonium Oxide Solid Solution Powder from Ammonium Uranyl–Plutonyl Carbonate in a Laboratory Microwave Unit","authors":"O. S. Dmitrieva, M. G. Dmitriev, A. Yu. Shadrin, D. A. Kapralov, A. S. Kornilov, A. A. Pylaeva, O. N. Nikitin","doi":"10.1134/S1066362224010016","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362224010016","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The method of fabrication of solid solution powder of uranium/plutonium (38%) oxides from the pulp of ammonium uranyl-plutonyl carbonate process (AUPuC) by microwave radiation in reducing and atmospheric environments was proposed and tested at the laboratory level. For research the pulp was prepared, obtained by co-precipitation of uranium and plutonium from nitrate solution (simulator for stripping product). The process consists of three main stages: oxidation of Pu(IV) to Pu(VI), precipitation, and conversion in a laboratory microwave unit. According to data of the X-ray diffraction analysis the powders synthesized in a reducing atmosphere and an atmospheric environment are a solid cubic solution (U<sub><i>x</i></sub>Pu<sub>1–<i>x</i></sub>)O<sub>2</sub> and (PuO<sub>2</sub>, U<sub>3</sub>O<sub>8</sub>) mixed oxide, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy and electron probe microanalysis of the powder obtained in an atmospheric environment showed a fairly uniform distribution of U, Pu, and O in the solid phase.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 1","pages":"1 - 8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140804196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-04-23DOI: 10.1134/S1066362224010107
V. V. Kalistratova, A. S. Obedkov, E. V. Belova
{"title":"Effect of Irradiation on the Thermal Stability of Nitric Acid Solutions of Carbohydrazide","authors":"V. V. Kalistratova, A. S. Obedkov, E. V. Belova","doi":"10.1134/S1066362224010107","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362224010107","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Thermal analysis of non-irradiated and irradiated carbohydrazide solutions in 3 and 7 M HNO<sub>3</sub> to doses 100, 250, and 500 kGy was carried out. The onset temperature, time, and rate of the exothermic reaction were determined; the specific thermal effect of the reaction and self-heating value of the solution were calculated. Irradiation of the solution rises the onset temperature of the exothermic reaction and reduces its specific heat release. At radiation dose of 500 kGy, the main characteristics decrease by 70%, which is associated with the decomposition of carbohydrazide.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 1","pages":"73 - 80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140804298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-03-12DOI: 10.1134/S1066362223070172
O. A. Sakhnenko, N. A. Kuznetsova, E. V. Pipkov, N. R. Gabbasova
{"title":"Decontaminating Power of Vybor Detergents under the Conditions of a Radiochemical Plant","authors":"O. A. Sakhnenko, N. A. Kuznetsova, E. V. Pipkov, N. R. Gabbasova","doi":"10.1134/S1066362223070172","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362223070172","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The decontaminating power that Vybor technical detergents (Vybor-K, Vybor-KS) produced by Kembrin Sole Proprietorship (Perm) exhibit in washing of facing and structural materials to remove α- and β-emitting nuclides in combination with ultrasonic treatment and without it was studied. The corrosion action of the detergent solutions on stainless and carbon steels was evaluated. The results of laboratory studies and semicommercial trials on washing of the process equipment of a radiochemical plant are reported.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"65 1 supplement","pages":"S186 - S193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140115330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-03-12DOI: 10.1134/S1066362223070032
N. P. Ivanov, P. A. Marmaza, O. O. Shichalin, A. N. Dran’kov, V. L. Rastorguev, A. V. Marchenko, S. M. Pisarev, Ya. G. Zernov, A. Yu. Maiorov, A. N. Fedorets, E. K. Papynov
{"title":"Removal of Cs(I) and Sr(II) from Liquid Media with Crystalline Titanosilicates Prepared by Hydrothermal Synthesis","authors":"N. P. Ivanov, P. A. Marmaza, O. O. Shichalin, A. N. Dran’kov, V. L. Rastorguev, A. V. Marchenko, S. M. Pisarev, Ya. G. Zernov, A. Yu. Maiorov, A. N. Fedorets, E. K. Papynov","doi":"10.1134/S1066362223070032","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362223070032","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The water pollution with Cs<sup>+</sup> and Sr<sup>2+</sup> radionuclides in the nuclear fuel cycle is a pressing environmental problem. The selective adsorption of radionuclides onto inorganic sorbents of zeolite structure, exhibiting the ion-sieve effect, is a promising procedure for the treatment of the liquid radioactive waste formed. Titanosilicate of the CST structural type, corresponding to the formula Na<sub>1.64</sub>H<sub>0.36</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>1.84</sub>, was prepared by hydrothermal synthesis performed at 190°С and a pressure of 1.3 MPa for 24 h. This sorbent allows efficient removal of the Cs<sup>+</sup> and Sr<sup>2+</sup> cations from liquid media. The sorption exchange capacity <i>q</i><sub>eq</sub> is 1.58 mg-equiv/g for Cs<sup>+</sup> and 2.56 mg-equiv/g for Sr<sup>2+</sup>. Preliminary oxidation of Ti<sup>3+</sup> to Ti<sup>4+</sup> with H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> increases the sorption capacity for Cs<sup>+</sup> and Sr<sup>2+</sup>. The phase composition, elemental composition, specific surface area, and pore size of the materials synthesized were determined. The titanosilicates obtained can be used as sorbents for liquid radioactive waste treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"65 1 supplement","pages":"S29 - S35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140115582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-03-12DOI: 10.1134/S1066362223070056
L. G. Elagina, M. B. Remizov, P. V. Kozlov, I. I. Dement’eva
{"title":"Development of an Automated Database as a Part of the Methodological Basis of the System for Characterization of Vitrified High-Level Waste Accumulated at the Mayak Production Association","authors":"L. G. Elagina, M. B. Remizov, P. V. Kozlov, I. I. Dement’eva","doi":"10.1134/S1066362223070056","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362223070056","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The characterization system and automated database on vitrified high-level waste (VHLW) accumulated at the Mayak Production Association were developed for assessing and substantiating the waste disposal safety. All the available analytical data on VHLW are accumulated in the database. Calculations based on the developed integral algorithm for estimating the content of radiologically significant radionuclides (RSRNs) in containers with VHLW were made.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"65 1 supplement","pages":"S44 - S51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140117579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-03-12DOI: 10.1134/S1066362223070196
A. V. Glagolev, E. G. Drozhko, A. A. Kuvayev, N. M. Kurinova, N. V. Makarova, T. V. Sukhanova
{"title":"Continuous Numerical Model of Polluted Groundwater Plumes in the Vicinity of LRW Storage Reservoirs Lake Karachay and Staroye Boloto of the Mayak Production Association","authors":"A. V. Glagolev, E. G. Drozhko, A. A. Kuvayev, N. M. Kurinova, N. V. Makarova, T. V. Sukhanova","doi":"10.1134/S1066362223070196","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362223070196","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The paper describes a continuous numerical model of polluted groundwater plumes near the LRW storage reservoirs Lake Karachay and Staroye Boloto of Mayak Production Association. This model, developed by Gidrospetsgeologiya, is based on the long-term monitoring of data obtained by Facility-Focused Monitoring System (FFMS). The model is regularly updated as the FFMS database is augmented, new data of engineering-geological and hydrogeological surveys are obtained, and new tasks are set to assess the hydrogeological safety of nuclear facilities at the industrial site of Mayak Production Association.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"65 1 supplement","pages":"S107 - S118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140889125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-03-12DOI: 10.1134/S1066362223070068
P. V. Kozlov, S. M. Shaidullin, K. A. Feoktistov, D. V. Markova, R. Ya. Akhtyamov, R. M. Akhmed’yanov
{"title":"Promising Dry Mix Formulations for Cementation of the Solution Fraction of the Accumulated Alkaline High-Level Waste","authors":"P. V. Kozlov, S. M. Shaidullin, K. A. Feoktistov, D. V. Markova, R. Ya. Akhtyamov, R. M. Akhmed’yanov","doi":"10.1134/S1066362223070068","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362223070068","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cement mortars and compounds prepared in the course of the development of a process for solidification of the solution fraction of alkaline high-level waste (HLW) accumulated at the Mayak Production Association were studied. Only materials commercially available in Russia were included in dry mix formulations. The spread, bleeding, final setting, and heat release were determined for model inactive cement mortars, and the compression strength, frost resistance, and water resistance, for the compounds. The <sup>137</sup>Cs leach rate was determined for the cement compounds with real solidified high-level solutions. The formulation meeting the whole set of regulatory and technological requirements to cemented radioactive waste, provided that the compound is placed in limited-volume containers (e.g., in NZK-type containers), was developed.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"65 1 supplement","pages":"S52 - S63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140889131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-03-12DOI: 10.1134/S1066362223070123
Yu. G. Mokrov
{"title":"Radioactive Contamination of Coastal Regions due to Aqueous Aerosol Entrainment from the Techa River Area","authors":"Yu. G. Mokrov","doi":"10.1134/S1066362223070123","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362223070123","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The study is aimed at reconstruction of the parameters of the source from which the Techa River was contaminated in the period 1949–1956 and deals with the migration of γ-emitting nuclides (GENs), namely, of <sup>95</sup>Zr and <sup>95</sup>Nb, in the river system. The archive (1951) results of measuring the specific activity of the sum of β-emitting nuclides (BENs), <i>A</i><sub>Σ</sub> (μCi/kg), in the soil and plants in the Techa riverside regions that are not flooded by floodwaters are analyzed. Analysis shows that the radioactive contamination of riverside territories is not associated with atmospheric discharges from the enterprise stacks and that the measurement results do not correspond to the commonly accepted views on the contamination distribution. In particular, contamination of the riverside soil and plants varied nonmonotonically with increasing distance from the river bank and along the river (spotty contamination pattern was observed), whereas the absolute values of BEN specific activities were constant throughout the territory within an order of magnitude. Furthermore, the depth distribution of BEN specific activities in soil up to 0.5 m was virtually uniform, and in some cases the activity increased with the depth. Finally, the plants had both external (on leaves) and internal (in roots) contamination, and in some cases the BEN specific activity in stems and leaves was lower than in roots. Presumably, the radioactive contamination of the soil and plants was determined by <sup>95</sup>Nb and was due to entrainment of an aqueous aerosol from the river water surface with the wind. The model calculations explain all the unusual distribution patterns observed and allow estimation of the upper boundary of the mean (for summer 1951) <sup>95</sup>Nb activity concentration in the river water.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"65 1 supplement","pages":"S147 - S159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140115478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-03-12DOI: 10.1134/S1066362223070184
M. V. Logunov
{"title":"Comments to the Paper: Mokrov, Yu.G., Behavior of Niobium-95 in Techa River Water","authors":"M. V. Logunov","doi":"10.1134/S1066362223070184","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362223070184","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The causes of the abnormally high mobility of <sup>95</sup>Nb in Techa River water are discussed from the viewpoint of general niobium chemistry, specific features of its chemistry on the tracer concentration level, and mode of its supply into the system.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"65 1 supplement","pages":"S194 - S196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140117608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}