What, oh, what are those actinides doing?

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Researchers are discovering how actinides such as uranium in solution interact with magnetite and other mineral surfaces. Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Researchers are discovering how actinides such as uranium in solution interact with magnetite and other mineral surfaces. Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are uniting theory, computation and experiment to discover exactly how heavy elements, such as uranium and technetium, interact in their environment.


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