http://www.nuclearblog.org Sat, 16 May 2009 20:21:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hayton, from Santa Barabara, presented his recent work with uranium (VI) compounds. The chemistry of Uranium (VI) is dominated by the formation of Uranyl (UO2)2+.  However, the Hayton group was able to synthesize and fully characterize U(OtBu)6 (1). The compound was reacted with aryl-alcohols in the hope of producing U(OAr)6 ... http://www.nuclearblog.org/2008/08/ The ability to selectively extract actinides out of nuclear waste remains a hot research topic. Today Hancock, from Wilmington, gave a presentation on several tetradentate ligands that bind to actinides more strongly than other smaller metals.  The systems he investigated are shown below. The PDA ( system was highlighted for its ... http://www.nuclearblog.org/2008/08/ I'll be attending the ACS-Philadelphia conference next week. One of the sessions sponsored by the Environmental division is called "New Energy Technology" on Wednesday morning out at the DoubleTree-Maestro B. The title implies itself to wonderful talks discussing frontiers in applied energy chemistry. Unfortunately, the session is completely dominated by ... http://www.nuclearblog.org/2008/08/ Here's an article that may be of the members' interest. Chemical and Engineering News published a cover story about the latest development in Yucca Mountain repository for nuclear waste. It has a comprehensive review for the history and experts' opinions on this issue, but not much new information. For the ... http://www.nuclearblog.org/2008/05/ I haven't had time to look at it closely, but a paper showed up on the physics arXiv claiming possible discovery of element 122. They were analyzing thorium-containing solutions in an inductively-coupled plasma sector field mass spec (ICP-SFMS) and saw a peak they could not explain at mass 292. ... http://www.nuclearblog.org/2008/04/ Does anyone remember the E. Coli breakout back in 2006? I do. There has never been a quicker way to convince a 19-year-old to eat vegetables until you take lettuce out of their sandwiches for a couple of months. According to the LA Times report[1], these greens are washed in potent ... http://www.nuclearblog.org/2008/04/ Mitch Garcia, member of DNCT and our fellow blogger, will be featured on American Latino TV this weekend. He'll be talking about the field of nuclear chemistry and how he got there. In addition, he'll be discussing the popular chemical education tools that he has created (ex. www.chemicalforum.com). Tune in ... http://www.nuclearblog.org/2008/04/ Yesterday the blog was supposed to be debuted at the NUCL business meeting here at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Unfortunately, there was no projector available to do the demo with (although it was mentioned that we paid for it), so Noel and I did the best ... http://www.nuclearblog.org/2008/04/ With the 235th ACS National Meeting kicking off in just under a week, you may want to start mapping out what events you plan on attending. The entire technical program for the spring 2008 meeting is available here. However, here's some info on sessions you really should attend: 1.) Monday, ... http://www.nuclearblog.org/2008/04/ It is often difficult to find adequate online resource to ask a question or participate in discussion related to nuclear chemistry. Here we provide some reputable online resources for both students and career scientists. DNCT Blog Tutorial  Getting Started Guide Participate in Online Community Chemistry Blog Chemistry World Blog The Sceptical Chymist Chemical Forums Online Textbooks Frank ... http://www.nuclearblog.org/2008/03/