Ba isotopic signature for early differentiation between Cs and Ba in natural fission reactors

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 72 Issue 16 Page 4123-4135 published_at 2008-08-15
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Ba isotopic signature for early differentiation between Cs and Ba in natural fission reactors
Creator
Gauthier-Lafaye François
Source Title
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Volume 72
Issue 16
Start Page 4123
End Page 4135
Abstract
Ba isotopic studies of the Oklo and Bangombe natural fission reactors in east Gabon provide information on the geochemical behavior of radioactive Cs (135Cs and 137Cs) in a geological medium. Large isotopic deviations derived from fissiogenic Ba were found in chemical leachates of the reactor uraninites. The fissiogenic Ba isotopic patterns calculated by subtracting the non-fissiogenic component are classified into three types that show different magnifications of chemical fractionation between Cs and Ba. In addition, the isotopic signatures of fissiogenic 135Ba, 137Ba and 138Ba suggest an early differentiation between Cs and Ba of less than 20 years after the production of fissiogenic Cs and Ba. On the other hand, only small excesses of 135Ba (ε<+1.8) and/or 137Ba (ε<+1.3) were identified in some clay samples, which might have resulted from selective adsorption of 135Cs and 137Cs that migrated from the reactors by differentiation.
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Earth sciences. Geology [ 450 ]
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
Pergamon
Elsevier Science Ltd.
Date of Issued 2008-08-15
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Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd
Publish Type Author’s Original
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 0016-7037
[DOI] 10.1016/j.gca.2008.06.005
[NCID] AA00655038
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2008.06.005