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EDITORIAL article

Front. Nucl. Eng.
Sec. Nuclear Materials
Volume 3 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnuen.2024.1544499
This article is part of the Research Topic Applications of Spectroscopy and Chemometrics in Nuclear Materials Analysis View all 8 articles

Editorial: Applications of Spectroscopy and Chemometrics in Nuclear Materials Analysis

Provisionally accepted
Luke Sadergaski Luke Sadergaski 1*Robert Lascola Robert Lascola 2Kyle Hartig Kyle Hartig 3
  • 1 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DOE), Oak Ridge, United States
  • 2 Savannah River National Laboratory (DOE), Aiken, South Carolina, United States
  • 3 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States

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    Editorial 12 Optical analysis techniques, including spectroscopy and image analysis, have many advantages when 13 applied to the study of nuclear materials. They require small sample sizes, can be performed 14 remotely, and can be proceduralized through consistent practice. Most importantly, they provide a 15 wealth of information by generating multivariate data. For example, ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared 16 absorbance spectroscopy of actinides in aqueous and organic solutions is dependent on the oxidation 17 state, anionic complexation, and temperature. These variables are important for solution-based 18 separation processes, and sensitivity to these factors, combined with online monitoring, can drive the 19 efficiency and control of these processes (

    Keywords: spectroscopy, chemometrics, Nuclear Materials, Actinide, Monitoring, characterization

    Received: 13 Dec 2024; Accepted: 20 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Sadergaski, Lascola and Hartig. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Luke Sadergaski, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DOE), Oak Ridge, United States

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