The chemistry of uranium in evaporation pond sediment in the San Joaquin valley, California, USA, using X-ray fluorescence and XANES techniques

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Jan 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997gecoa..61...73d&link_type=abstract

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 61, Issue 1, p. 73-81.

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Evaporation ponds in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV), CA, used for the disposal of irrigation drainage waters, contain elevated levels of uranium. The ponds are filled periodically and support algae which upon evaporation become incorporated in the sediments as layers of decaying organic matter. This rich source of organic matter promotes reducing conditions in the sediments. Our research was conducted to characterize oxidation/ reduction reactions that affect soluble and sediment U(IV)/U(VI) concentrations in the SJV ponds. Studies were done to (1) determine soluble U(VI)/U(IV) in waters in contact with a pond sediment subjected to changes in redox status, (2) observe U solid oxidation state as a reducing pond sediment underwent (in vitro) oxidation, and (3) determine U solid oxidation state with respect to depth in pond surface sediment layers. Low pressure ion-exchange chromatography with an eluent of 0.125 M H2C2O4/0.25 M HNO3 was used for the separation of U (IV) and U(VI) oxidation states in the drainage waters. Soluble U(VI) and U(IV) coexisted in sediment suspensions exposed to changes in redox potential (Eh) (-260 mV to +330 mV), and U(VI) was highly soluble in the oxidized, surface pond sediments. X-ray near edge absorption spectroscopy (XANES) showed that the U solid phases were 25% U(IV) and 75% U(VI) and probably a mixed solid [U3O8(s)] in highly reducing pond sediments. Sediment U (IV) increased slightly with depth in the surface pond sediment layers suggesting a gradual reduction of U (VI) to U (IV) with time. Under oxidized conditions, this mixed oxidation-state solid was highly soluble.

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