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Sequential Extraction of Plutonium from the Bottom Sediments of PA Mayak’s R-4 and R-17 Reservoirs

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The speciation of 238, 239, 240Pu in the bottom sediments of two reservoirs of PA Mayak are investigated. The maximum content of plutonium in reservoir R-17 is found in the residual fraction. In reservoir R-4, plutonium is distributed equally in the residual fraction and the fraction bound to organic matter. The fact that plutonium exists in physico-chemically immobile fractions indicate its low biological availability.

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This work was performed with the support of the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 16-13-00049.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    A. K. Rozhkova, O. A. Kangina & N. V. Kuzmenkova

  2. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    N. V. Kuzmenkova

  3. Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine, Moscow, Russia

    E. A. Pryakhin

  4. Mayak, Production Association, Ozersk, Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia

    Y. G. Mokrov

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Rozhkova, A.K., Kangina, O.A., Kuzmenkova, N.V. et al. Sequential Extraction of Plutonium from the Bottom Sediments of PA Mayak’s R-4 and R-17 Reservoirs. Moscow Univ. Chem. Bull. 75, 125–129 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0027131420020121

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