title: Exploring actinide materials through synchrotron radiation techniques.
abstract: Synchrotron radiation (SR) based techniques have been utilized with increasing frequency in the past decade to explore the brilliant and challenging sciences of actinide-based materials. This trend is partially driven by the basic needs for multi-scale actinide speciation and bonding information and also the realistic needs for nuclear energy research. In this review, recent research progresses on actinide related materials by means of various SR techniques were selectively highlighted and summarized, with the emphasis on X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and scattering spectroscopy, which are powerful tools to characterize actinide materials. In addition, advanced SR techniques for exploring future advanced nuclear fuel cycles dealing with actinides are illustrated as well.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology, Institute of High Enegy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
authors.forename: Wei-Qun
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Li-Yong
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Cong-Zhi
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: Cheng-Liang
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zi-Jie
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-Liang
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Zhi-Fang
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Chai
mesh_terms: D008671:Actinoid Series Elements / Q000737:chemistry*; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011789:Quantum Theory; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D012492:Salts / Q000737:chemistry; D053838:Scattering, Small Angle; D017356:Synchrotrons; D056928:X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D008671:Actinoid Series Elements; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D012492:Salts
keywords: actinide computational chemistry; actinide materials; nuclear energy; synchrotron radiation; x-ray absorption spectroscopy