RadChem 2018

Session

Plenary 2

PLN.2

14 May 2018, 10:30

Marble Hall (Casino Conference Centre)

Conveners

Plenary 2

• Christine Georges
• Sergey Dmitriev (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)

690. Quo Vadis, neutron activation analysis?

Dr Peter Bode (NUQAM consultancy)

14/05/2018, 10:30

Nuclear Analytical Methods

Plenary

The opportunities of measuring the identities and amounts of chemical elements by measuring the activities induced by bombardment with neutrons was conceived more than 80 years ago. During the decades, practioners worldwide have been inspired by the challenges of this neutron activation analysis methodology, by the needs from end-users and by technological innovations in irradiation and...

873. Nuclear Forensics – Where radiochemistry meets police work

Dr Zsolt Varga (EC JRC Institute for Transuranium Elements)

14/05/2018, 11:00

Nuclear Analytical Methods

Plenary

Nuclear forensic science is an evolving discipline which aims at re-establishing the history of nuclear material of unknown origin by using measurable material properties. The main focus of nuclear forensic science is on chemical and radiochemical parameters, such as isotope ratios, chemical composition, chemical impurities or products of radioactive decay for deriving information on the...

683. Structures, properties and dynamics of uranyl peroxide cage clusters

Prof. Peter Burns (University of Notre Dame)

14/05/2018, 11:30

Chemistry of Actinide and Trans-actinide Elements

Plenary

Since their discovery more than 10 years ago, the family of uranyl peroxide cage clusters has grown to more than 60 published members. These clusters, with diameters in the range of 1.5 to 4 nm, are soluble macro anions in water where they can persist for at least several years. This presentation will provide a brief overview of the structures of this family of polyoxometalate clusters, and...