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Geology and Petrography of Uraniferous Bitumens in Permo-Carboniferous Sediments (Vrchlabí, Czech Republic)

  • Martina Havelcová,
  • Ivana Sýkorová,
  • Miloš René,
  • Jiří Mizera,
  • Miroslav Coubal,
  • Vladimír Machovič,
  • Vladimír Strunga and
  • Viktor Goliáš

27 April 2022

Uraniferous bitumens found in black shales from the Permian rocks at Vrchlabí in the Krkonoše Piedmont Basin (Czech Republic) were described and characterized petrologically and mineralogically. The Permian sediments originated from wea...

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Radiolytic Breakdown of PFOS by Neutron Irradiation: Mechanistic Insights into Molecular Disassembly and Cytotoxicity Reduction

  • Jéssica Ingrid Faria de Souza,
  • Pierre Basilio Almeida Fechine,
  • Eduardo Ricci-Junior,
  • Luciana Magalhães Rebelo Alencar,
  • Júlia Fernanda da Costa Araújo,
  • Severino Alves Junior and
  • Ralph Santos-Oliveira

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), a persistent and bioaccumulative perfluoroalkyl substance, poses significant environmental and human health risks due to the extraordinary stability of its C–F bonds. Conventional remediation strategies largely...