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Chemical leaching experiments of237Np in the sediments from the Esk Estuary and the Ribble Estuary in the Irish Sea, U. K., have been carried out, in comparison with those of239, 240Pu and241Am, to understand the geochemical associations of these long-lived radionuclides with sediment. Experimental results show that partitioning behavior of237Np is obviously different from those of239, 240Pu and241Am.
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Yamamoto, M., Yamauchi, Y., Komura, K. et al. Chemical leaching behavior of237Np from intertidal coastal sediment in the Irish Sea. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 154, 299–307 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02165486
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