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Los Alamos Science No. 26, 2000
Challenges in Plutonium Science
Plutonium is arguably the strangest element in the periodic table and the most difficult to handle in the laboratory. While its nuclear fission properties were correctly predicted well before it was first produced at the Berkeley cyclotron, its chemical and condensed matter properties still defy understanding, largely due to the anomalous behavior of the 5f electrons. Nevertheless, it plays a prominent role in nuclear weapons and nuclear energy production. Former Director Sig Hecker opens the volume with the history of plutonium on planet Earth, its use in nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, the challenge of safeguarding weapons-grade plutonium, and efforts to mitigate health and environmental problems resulting from production during the Cold War. The volume goes on to summarize plutonium's condensed matter properties and evidence for its classification as a correlated-electron material. Other topics cover the role of the 5f electrons in producing plutonium's many phases, plutonium aging, plutonium metallurgy, plutonium chemistry, environmentally-conscious plutonium processing, and long-term deposition of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. |
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| 224 kB | An Update: Plutonium and Quantum Criticality George Chapline, James L. Smith | 9 kB | In the Beginning Siegfried S. Hecker | 729 kB | A Factor of Millions-Why We Made Plutonium Siegfried S. Hecker, André F. Michaudon, Ileana G. Buican | 1750 kB | Plutonium in Use-From Single Atoms to Multiton Amounts Siegfried S. Hecker | 1261 kB | Plutonium-An Element at Odds with Itself Siegfried S. Hecker | 881 kB | The Plutonium Challenge-Stockpile Stewardship Siegfried S. Hecker | 706 kB | The Plutonium Challenge-Avoiding Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Siegfried S. Hecker | 896 kB | The Plutonium Challenge-Environmental Issues Siegfried S. Hecker | 1316 kB | The Taming of "49"-Big Science in Little Time Edward F. Hammel | 605 kB | Reflections on the Legacy of a Legend-Glenn T. Seaborg David L. Clark, David E. Hobart | 562 kB | From Alchemy to Atoms-The Making of Plutonium André F. Michaudon | 1041 kB | Plutonium and Health-How Great Is the Risk? George L. Voelz | 910 kB | Plutonium Condensed-Matter Physics-A Survey of Theory and Experiment A. Michael Boring, James L. Smith | 992 kB | Actinide Ground-State Properties-Theoretical Predictions John M. Wills, Olle Eriksson | 871 kB | Basics of the Density Functional Theory Approach John M. Wills, Olle Eriksson | 36 kB | Electronic Structure of Alpha and Delta Plutonium-Theory vs Experiment Aloysius J. Arko, John J. Joyce, John M. Wills | 58 kB | A Possible Model for Delta Plutonium-Self-Induced Anderson Localization, Delta-Phase Stability, and the Melting Temperature of Plutonium Bernard R. Cooper | 376 kB | Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Alpha and Delta Plutonium Aloysius J. Arko, John J. Joyce, Luis A. Morales, Jeffrey H. Terry, Roland K. Schulze | 725 kB | Laser-Plasma Light Source-Design and Operation John J. Joyce, Aloysius J. Arko Luis A. Morales | 175 kB | Actinide Photoemission Measurements at the Advanced Light Source Roland K. Schulze, Jeffrey H. Terry | 282 kB | Atomic Vibrations and Melting in Plutonium Andrew C. Lawson, Barbara Martinez, Joyce A. Roberts, James W. Richardson, Jr., Bard I. Bennett | 729 kB | Equations of State-Theoretical Formalism Bard I. Bennett | 19 kB | Microstrain in Delta Prime Plutonium Andrew C. Lawson | 32 kB | Vibrational Softening in Alpha Uranium Michael E. Manley | 208 kB | Elasticity, Entropy, and the Phase Stability of Plutonium Albert Migliori, Joseph P. Baiardo, Timothy W. Darling | 835 kB | Preparing Single Crystals of Gallium-Stabilized Plutonium Jason C. Lashley, Michael S. Blau, Roger L. Moment | 626 kB | A Single-Crystal Saga Roger L. Moment | 511 kB | Aging of Plutonium and Its Alloys Siegfried S. Hecker, Joseph C. Martz | 251 kB | A Tale of Two Diagrams Siegfried S. Hecker, Lidia F. Timofeeva | 350 kB | Surface and Corrosion Chemistry of Plutonium John M. Haschke, Thomas H. Allen, Luis A. Morales | 772 kB | Catalyzed Corrosion of Plutonium: Hazards and Applications John M. Hschke, Joseph C. Martz | 241 kB | Radiation Effects in Plutonium-What Is Known? Where Should We Go from Here? Wilhelm G. Wolfer | 569 kB | Transmission Electron Microscopy of Plutonium Alloys Thomas G. Zocco | 587 kB | Plutonium and Its Alloys-From Atoms to Microstructure Siegfried S. Hecker | 2222 kB | Mechanical Behavior of Plutonium and Its Alloy Siegfried S. Hecker, Michael F. Stevens | 1031 kB | Where Is the Gallium?-Searching the Plutonium Lattice with XAFS Steven D. Conradson | 632 kB | The Chemical Complexities of Plutonium David L. Clark | 1190 kB | Computational Studies of Actinide Chemistry P. Jeffrey Hay, Richard L. Martin | 413 kB | The Chemical Interactions of Actinides in the Environment Wolfgang H. Runde | 1329 kB | Spectroscopies for Environmental Studies of Actinide Species Wolfgang H. Runde | 233 kB | Siderophore-Mediated Chemistry and Microbial Uptake of Plutonium Mary P. Neu | 81 kB | Characterizing the Plutonium Aquo Ions by XAFS Spectroscopy Steven D. Conradson, David L. Clark, Mary P. Neu, Wolfgang H. Runde, C. Drew Tait | 161 kB | XAFS—A Technique to Probe Local Structure Steven D. Conradson | 724 kB | A Vision for Environmentally Conscious Plutonium Processing Larry R. Avens, P. Gary Eller | 2150 kB | Salt Distillation Eduardo Garcia, Vonda R. Dole, James A. McNeese, Walter J. Griego | 68 kB | Hydrothermal Processing Laura A. Worl, Steven J. Buelow, Dennis D. Padilla | 58 kB | Enhanced Pyrolysis for Converting Polystyrene or Cellulose Polymers Daniel J. Kathios | 57 kB | Treatment of Liquid Wastes Gordon D. Jarvinen, Geraldine M. Purdy, Barbara F. Smith, Thomas C. Robinson | 17 kB | Electrochemical Decontamination of Metallic Waste Douglas E. Wedman, Jerry L. Lugo | 139 kB | Molecularly Engineered Resins for Plutonium Recovery S. Frredric Marsh, D. Kirk Veirs, Gordon D. Jarvinen, Mary E. Barr, Eddie W. Moody | 660 kB | Yucca Mountain-Looking Ten Thousand Years into the Future Roger C. Eckhardt, David L. Bish, Gilles Y. Bussod, June T. Fabryka-Martin, Schön Levy, Paul W. Reimus, Bruce A. Robinson, Wolfgang H. Runde, Inéz Triay, David T. Vaniman | 3112 kB | Mesh Generation for Yucca Mountain Carl W. Gable | 188 kB | Colloids-Carriers of Actinides into the Environment
| 24 kB | Analyzing Volcanic Hazards at Yucca Mountain Frank V. Perry, Bruce M. Crowe, Greg A. Valentine | 140 kB |
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