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Flowsheets for the Validation of the Reference AmSEL System [PDF]
EPJ Web of ConferencesRecycling americium (Am) from spent nuclear fuels is an important option considered for the future nuclear fuel cycle as americium is the main contributor to the long-term radiotoxicity and heat power of the ultimate waste.
Vanel Vincent +4 more
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Determination of 55Fe and 63Ni in Pb–Bi by Radiochemical Separation Method
Science and Technology of Nuclear InstallationsThis paper introduces a simple and rapid separation method for the determination of 55Fe and 63Ni in lead–bismuth alloys. This method is based on chemical precipitation and solid-phase extraction chromatography techniques, which can separate and purify ...
Yaqing Ren +6 more
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The role of the 5f valence orbitals of early actinides in chemical bonding
Nature Communications, 2017 Understanding the chemistry of heavy radioactive elements is crucial to harnessing them for fuel and medicine. Here, the authors combine advanced X-ray spectroscopy and modelling to the study the chemical bonding of the 5fvalence orbitals of uranium ...
T. Vitova +11 more
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Discover SustainabilityThe European Union aims to recycle 60% of its total waste by 2030, for which waste collection infrastructure and the source-separation behaviour of waste producers are among the crucial prerequisites.
Namrata Mhaddolkar +2 more
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Cellulase extraction from Pseudomonas fluorescens for efficient enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation with Pichia fermentans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae for cellulosic bioethanol production [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesCellulase enzymes of Pseudomonas fluorescens were extracted for the efficient Enzymatic hydrolysis of horticultural plant wastes. Horticultural plant rejects (shoots and leaves) of Tuber plants like Taro, giant Taro, Elephant yam and Potato were used as ...
N Hemasree, S S Dawn
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Annual Review of Anthropology, 2015 Discard studies have demonstrated that waste is more than just a symptom of an all-too-human demand for meaning or a merely technical problem for sanitary engineers and public health officials. The afterlife of waste materials and processes of waste management reveal the centrality of transient and discarded things for questions of materiality and ...
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To waste or not to waste – food? [PDF]
Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 2012 Gentil, Emmanuel, Poulsen, Tjalfe
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kdr mutations and deltamethrin resistance in house flies in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Parasites & VectorsBackground The house fly, Musca domestica, is a significant carrier of diseases that can impact public health. Repeated use of pyrethroid insecticides may act as a selection pressure for mutations and amino acid substitutions in the house fly voltage ...
Mohamad Hamdan +7 more
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The essential role of cement-based materials in a radioactive waste repository
npj Materials SustainabilityCement-based materials are integral to radioactive waste repositories, providing versatile solutions for diverse disposal strategies. They are part of the multi-barrier system, and serve to immobilize waste materials, limit the release of radionuclides ...
Bin Ma +3 more
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Scientific ReportsThis study investigates the hydrogeological and sorption characteristics of clay-sand mixtures as barrier layers in nuclear waste disposal facilities.
Mahmoud M. Gouda, Ahmed A. Zaki
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