We analyze the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for three different fuel cycles: a Once-Through Cycle, in which the spent fuel is sent for disposal after one use in a reactor, a Twice-Through Cycle, in which the spent fuel is recycled for a second use in a light water reactor after which the...

The REIMEP 18 (Regular European Inter-laboratory Measurement Evaluation Programme) campaign was started in October 2005. For this campaign 4 samples of depleted to low-enriched uranium were chosen. Certification measurements were carried out using a Varian MAT511 UF6-gas source mass spectrometer...

Uranyl, a strong Lewis acid, forms stable complexes with relatively hard donors and it is commonly believed that uranyl complex with trialkylamine is stabler than trialkylphosphine. However, there are no thermodynamic parameters to evaluate the complexation stabilities of R 3 N-UO 2 2+ and R 3...

With the increase of portal size and cavity, cucurbit[n]urils {Q[n]s, n = 5-8} tend to have richer host-guest chemistry and less affinity for metal complexation. As such no any tetravalent actinide complex of Q[8] has ever been reported. In this work, we studied thorium(IV) and uranium(IV)...