Chemists have improved the processing technology of radioactive waste Bashny.Net

"In the nuclear age, there is an urgent need for quality extracting agents for the separation and processing of radioactive waste, says Professor Steve Liddle, head of the Centre for radiochemical research at the University of Manchester. — This requires a much better understanding of the electronic structure actinoids complexes, because of this depends on how these elements interact with the extracting agents".





Manchester scientists have found a new reliable way of creation of nitrides of uranium. This allowed us to prepare large family of molecules, which then became the platform on the basis of which was developed a quantitative model. This collection of 15 of nitride complexes studied by exposing them to temperature magnetization and spectral analysis of electron spin resonance to obtain information about the lower electronic States of molecules.

"In order to draw conclusions from large amount of experimental data, we applied advanced computing and got a rough picture of the electronic structure of these complexes, which was then improved by using updated data that enabled to make a final presentation about their electronic structure," says Professor Liddle.





Due to aging and the closure of nuclear power plants of the first generation acute the issue of processing spent nuclear fuel. New method of purification of liquid radioactive waste has been developed by scientists from Yekaterinburg. It will abandon energy-intensive and dangerous use of ozone. published

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Source: hightech.fm/2016/12/22/nuclear-recycling