Non-linear bonding trends in maleonitrile-1,2-dithiolate complexes of the transuranium actinides.

ABSTRACT: The trivalent actinides are produced in the nuclear fuel cycle during power production and provide the largest long-term radiation dose in used nuclear fuel. It is ideal for these elements to be removed from used nuclear fuel for disposal and a necessity for fuel recycling. A key challenge to this is the similarity of chemical behavior of the trivalent actinides to the lanthanides that are also present as fission products in used fuel. Thus far, some of the most effective separations of actinides from lanthanides utilise chelating agents containing sulfur moieties such as dithiophosphinates that selectively bind to actinide ions because of a greater bond covalency relative to lanthanide ions. Typically, greater differences between actinide and lanthanide ions are observable the more ligand

SUBMITTER: Beck NB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12368001 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature