Radionuclide Interactions with Natural and Synthetic Solids
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 520
Special Issue Editors
Interests: applied research; analytical chemistry; clay chemistry; thermodynamic databases; spectroscopy; actinide diffusion; thermodynamics/kinetics/transport of radioactive species interacting with mineral/rock surfaces in complex natural surroundings; (reactive) transport modeling
Interests: actinide sorption; actinide redox speciation; environmental radioactivity; environmental pollution; actinide biogeochemistry
Interests: impact of climate change on soil biogeochemistry; soil mineral-organic associations; metal redox geochemistry; radionuclide fate and transport; synchrotron-based characterization of terrestrial ecosystems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Understanding the interaction of aqueous radionuclide species with inorganic and organic compounds in the environment is a complex and challenging research question. Geochemical conditions, such as pH, redox potential, temperature, and salinity, control both the speciation of the radionuclide as well as the complexation, sorption, and ion exchange properties of organic compounds and minerals. Accurate interrogation of these complex natural systems demands the application of a multitude of analytical techniques, wet-chemical methods, and modeling approaches. In this Special Issue, our goal is to provide a showcase for the exciting and important work that is being carried out by both established and emerging scientists in the field of radionuclide (bio)geochemistry.
With this Special Issue of Minerals, we seek to give an insight into the nature of radionuclide environmental reactions and processes, as well as providing the data needed for the expansion of thermodynamic databases and reactive transport models. The Special Issue promotes contributions involving state-of-the-art of analytical techniques, wet-chemical methods, and theoretical approaches that interrogate the interaction of radionuclides with mineral or rock surfaces in the presence or absence of organic compounds and microbes. We especially encourage studies that fill gaps in the respective models and databases devoted to nuclear waste disposal and the remediation of contaminated land sites. These gaps include, for example, the role of microbially mediated reactions, interactions at high salinities and/or elevated temperatures, as well as radionuclide trace concentrations.
We look forward to a successful and informative Special Issue of Minerals that showcases the talents of researchers of all levels, as well as the tremendous advances in our understanding of the environmental behavior of radionuclides.
Dr. Claudia Joseph
Dr. James Begg
Dr. Amrita Bhattacharyya
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- radionuclides
- minerals
- rocks
- actinides
- spectroscopy
- sorption
- ion exchange
- surface complexation modeling
- diffusion
- (reactive) transport modeling
- thermodynamics
- kinetics
- transport
- microorganisms
