NUCLMonday, April 7, 2008

1:30 PM-4:45 PM Morial Convention Center -- Rm. 253, Oral
A Life Well-spent in Actinide Science: Contributions of James C. Sullivan
Actinide Separations and Electronic Properties
Organizers:Kenneth L. Nash
Linfeng Rao
Dennis W. Wester
Judah I Friese
Leigh R Martin
Presiding:Carolyn J. Anderson
Organizer, Presiding:Lester R. Morss
1:30 PMSeparations of americium from trivalent actinides and lanthanides in carbonate systems: An approach inspired by americium redox chemistry studies of Jim “Sully” Sullivan
Thomas C. Shehee, Kenneth L. Nash
1:55 PMRecovering enriched uranium from incineration ash using supercritical carbon dioxide
Chien M Wai, Sydney S. Koegler
2:20 PMExtraction of trivalent lanthanides with oxa-diamides in supercritical carbon dioxide
Guoxin Tian, Weisheng Liao, Chien M. Wai, Linfeng Rao
2:45 PMStability of uranosilicate products of nuclear waste degradation and diagenesis
Matthew C. F. Wander, Aurora Clark
3:10 PMIntermission
3:30 PMCharge transfer and vibronic transitions of uranyl in polymeric complexes
Guokui Liu, Christopher Cahill, Mark Frisch, Jin Huang
3:55 PMApplications of X-ray absorption spectroscopy to the electronic structure of actinide ions
David L. Clark, Enrique R. Batista, Kevin S. Boland, Carol J. Burns, Steven D. Conradson, Stosh A. Kozimor, P. Jeffrey Hay, Richard L. Martin, Daniel E. Schwarz, Mariane P. Wilkerson, Laura E. Wolfsberg, Ping Yang
4:20 PMProbing electronic structure of uranium-ligand bonds: Theoretical study of X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Ping Yang, Enrique R. Batista, P. Jeffrey Hay, Richard L. Martin, Kevin S. Boland, Carol J. Burns, Christen N. Christensen, David L. Clark, Steven D. Conradson, Daniel E. Schwarz, Mariane P. Wilkerson, Laura E. Wolfsberg

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