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No impact from Savannah River radioactive wasps
The news is abuzz with recent news stories about four radioactive wasp nests found at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The site has been undergoing cleanup operations since the 1990s related to the production of plutonium and tritium for defense purposes during the Cold War. Cleanup activities are expected to continue into the 2060s.
N. Kumar, R. K. Sharma, V. R. Ganatra, S. K. Mukerjee, V. N. Vaidya, D. D. Sood
Nuclear Technology | Volume 96 | Number 2 | November 1991 | Pages 169-177
Technical Paper | Nuclear Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT91-A34602
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An internal gelation process has been studied for the preparation of thoria microspheres. The gelation behavior of an acid-deficient thorium nitrate solution (NO3/Th4+ = 3.0) with hexamethylenetetramine and urea has been investigated to define a gelation field diagram that could be used to select compositions suitable for microsphere preparation. Thoria microspheres have been successfully prepared using many different compositions. The process has also been used to prepare (Th,U)O2 microspheres containing 5 and 10 mol% uranium.
