Francis Livens

2025

Low-density collimators for remote radiation characterisation tasks

Tsitsimpelis, I., Kennedy, A., Lennox, B., Livens, F. R., Mathur, K., Randall, O., James Taylor, C., Watson, S., West, A. & Joyce, M. J., 1 Oct 2025, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1079, 170701.

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Nanoparticulate and colloidal uranium and plutonium in spent nuclear fuel storage pond effluents.

Neill, T. S., Morris, K., Harrison, S., Apps, P., Bryan, N., Parry, S., Mosselmans, J. F. W., Cibin, G., Rigby, B., Livens, F. R. & Shaw, S., 17 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 137629.

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2024

Assessment of the disposability of radioactive waste inventories for a range of nuclear fuel cycles: Effect of repository size on disposal cost

Dungan, K., Gregg, R., Livens, F., Morris, K., Bodel, W. & Butler, G., 1 Aug 2024, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 424, 13 p., 113259.

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Oligomer Formation Effects on the Separation of Trivalent Lanthanide Fission Products

Walker, L., Heath, S., Jiang, J., Natrajan, L. & Livens, F., 10 Jul 2024, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 63, 29, p. 13380–13391

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Physicochemical properties of extraction solvents for the advanced recycling of spent nuclear fuel

Blundell, R., Lambert, H., Holdsworth, A., George, K., Winterburn, J., Livens, F., Sarsfield, M. J., Taylor, R. J., Ogden, M. D. & Sharrad, C., 1 Sept 2024, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 174, 9 p., 105284.

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2023

Localising and identifying radionuclides via energy-resolved angular photon responses

Tsitsimpelis, I., Alton, T., West, A., Taylor, C. J., Lennox, B., Livens, F. & Joyce, M. J., 1 Dec 2023, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1057, 168771.

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Vadose-zone alteration of metaschoepite and ceramic UO<sub>2</sub> in Savannah River Site field lysimeters

Fallon, C. M., Bower, W. R., Powell, B. A., Livens, F. R., Lyon, I. C., McNulty, A. E., Peruski, K., Mosselmans, J. F. W., Kaplan Daniel, I., Grolimund, D., Warnicke, P., Ferreira-Sanchez, D., Kauppi, M. S., Vettese, G. F., Shaw, S., Morris, K. & Law, G. T. W., 1 Mar 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 862, 12 p., 160862.

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2022

Improved localization of radioactivity with a normalized sinc transform

Tsitsimpelis, I., Alton, T. L., West, A., Taylor, C. J., Livens, F., Lennox, B. & Joyce, M. J., 14 Sept 2022, In: Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering. 1, 989361.

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Neptunium and uranium interactions with environmentally and industrially relevant iron minerals

Townsend, L., Smith, K., Winstanley, E., Morris, K., Stagg, O., Livens, F., Abrahamsen-Mills, L., Blackham, D. & Shaw, S., 1 Feb 2022, In: Minerals. 12, 2

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Rapid americium separations from complex matrices using commercially available extraction chromatography resins

Mahmoud, J., Higginson, M., Gilligan, C., Thompson, P., Livens, F. & Heath, S. L., 17 Feb 2022, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 331, 3, p. 1353-1360

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Rapid separation of americium from complex matrices using solvent impregnated triazine extraction chromatography resins

Mahmoud, J., Higginson, M., Thompson, P., Gilligan, C., Livens, F. & Heath, S. L., 26 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Chromatography A. 1669, p. 462950

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Separation of Americium from a Complex Matrix by Solvent Extraction Using CyMe4BTPhen in a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Diluent

Mahmoud, J., Higginson, M., Thompson, P., Livens, F. & Heath, S. L., 10 Nov 2022, In: Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange. 40, 7, p. 681-692 12 p.

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2021

Assessment of the disposability of radioactive waste inventories for a range of nuclear fuel cycles: inventory and evolution over time

Dungan, K., Gregg, R. W. H., Morris, K., Livens, F. R. & Butler, G., Jan 2021, In: Energy. p. 119826

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2020

Controls on anthropogenic radionuclide distribution in the Sellafield-impacted Eastern Irish Sea

Ray, D., Leary, P., Livens, F., Gray, N., Morris, K., Law, K. A., Fuller, A. J., Abrahamsen-Mills, L., Howe, J., Tierney, K., Muir, G. & Law, G. T. W., 15 Nov 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 743, p. 1-14 14 p., 140765.

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Organic complexation of U(VI) in reducing soils at a natural analogue site: Implications for uranium transport

Fuller, A. J., Leary, P., Gray, N. D., Davies, H. S., Mosselmans, J. F. W., Cox, F., Robinson, C. H., Pittman, J. K., Mccann, C. M., Muir, M., Graham, M. C., Utsunomiya, S., Bower, W. R., Morris, K., Shaw, S., Bots, P., Livens, F. R. & Law, G. T. W., 6 May 2020, In: Chemosphere. 254, 126859.

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2019

Cesium and Strontium Contamination of Nuclear Plant Stainless Steel: Implications for Decommissioning and Waste Minimization

Lang, A., Engelberg, D., Walther, C., Weiß, M., Bosco , H., Jenkins, A., Livens, F. & Law, G., 10 Sept 2019, In: ACS Omega. 4, p. 14420-14429 10 p.

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Decontamination of caesium and strontium from stainless steel surfaces using hydrogels

Moore, J., Raine, T. P., Jenkins, A., Livens, F. R., Law, K. A., Morris, K., Law, G. T. W. & Yeates, S. G., Sept 2019, In: Reactive and Functional Polymers. 142, p. 7-14 8 p.

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Interactions of HCl and H₂O with the surface of PuO₂

Sutherland-Harper, S., Livens, F., Pearce, C., Hobbs, J., M. Orr, R., Taylor, R., Webb, K. J. & Kaltsoyannis, N., 2019, In: J. Nucl. Mater.. 518, p. 256–264

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Isotopic and compositional variations in single nuclear fuel pellet particles analyzed by NanoSIMS

Fallon, C., Bower, W., Lyon, I., Livens, F., Thompson, P., Higginson, M., Collins, J., Heath, S. & Law, G., 27 Dec 2019, In: ACS Omega. 5, 1, p. 296-303 8 p.

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Metaschoepite dissolution in sediment column systems – implications for uranium speciation and transport

Bower, W., Morris, K., Livens, F. R., Mosselmans, J. F. W., Fallon, C. M., Fuller, A. J., Natrajan, L. S., Boothman, C., Lloyd, J., Utsunomiya, S., Grolimund, D., Ferreira Sanchez, D., Jilbert, T., Parker, J. E., Neill, T. & Law, G. T. W. (Corresponding), 2019, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 53, 16, p. 9915–9925

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Plutonium(IV) sorption during ferrihydrite nanoparticle formation

Smith, K. F., Morris, K., Law, G. T. W., Winstanley, E., Livens, F. R., Weatherill, J. S., Abrahamsen-mills, L., Bryan, N., Mosselmans, J. F. W., Cibin, G., Parry, S., Blackham, R., Law, K. & Shaw, S., 16 Sept 2019, In: ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 3, 11, p. 2437-2442

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Plutonium Migration during the Leaching of Cemented Radioactive Waste Sludges

Law, K., Parry, S., Bryan, N., Heath, S., Heald, S., Knight, D., O’brien, L., Fuller, A., Bower, W., Law, G. & Livens, F., 9 Jan 2019, In: Geosciences (Switzerland). 9, 1, p. 31 31.

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Thermal Processing of Chloride-Contaminated Plutonium Dioxide

Webb, K., Taylor, R., Campbell, C., Carrott, M., Gregson, C., Hobbs, J., Livens, F., Maher, C., Orr, R., Sims, H., Steele, H. & Sutherland-Harper, S., 31 Jul 2019, In: ACS Omega. 4, 7, p. 12524-12536 13 p.

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2018

Characterisation and heat treatment of chloride-contaminated and humidified PuO₂ samples

Sutherland-harper, S., Pearce, C., Campbell, C., Carrott, M., Colledge, H., Gregson, C., Hobbs, J., Livens, F., Kaltsoyannis, N., Orr, R., Sarsfield, M., Sims, H., Steele, H., Vatter, I., Walton, L., Webb, K. & Taylor, R., Oct 2018, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 509, p. 654-666 12 p.

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Deposition of artificial radionuclides in sediments of Loch Etive, Scotland

Al-Qasmi, H., Law, G., Fifield, L. K., Howe, J. A., Brand, T., Cowie, G. L., Law, K. & Livens, F., 2018, In: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity.

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Multiple environmental factors influence 238U, 232Th and 226Ra bioaccumulation in arbuscular mycorrhizal-associated plants

Davies, H., Rosas Moreno, J., Cox, F., Lythgoe, P., Bewsher, A., Livens, F., Robinson, C. H. & Pittman, J., 1 Nov 2018, In: Science of the Total Environment. 640-641, p. 921-934

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Np(V) sorption and solubility in high pH calcite systems

Smith, K., Bryan, N. D., Law, G., Hibberd, R., Shaw, S., Livens, F., Parry, S., Mosselmans, J. F. W. & Morris, K., 20 Aug 2018, In: Chemical Geology. 493, p. 396-404

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Surface speciation and interactions between adsorbed chloride and water on cerium dioxide

Sutherland-Harper, S., Taylor, R., Hobbs, J., Pimblott, S., Pattrick, R., Sarsfield, M., Denecke, M. A., Livens, F., Kaltsoyannis, N., Arey, B., Kovarik, L., Engelhard, M., Waters, J. & Pearce, C., Jun 2018, In: Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 262, p. 16-25

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2017

Impacts of Repeated Redox Cycling on Technetium Mobility in the Environment

Masters-Waage, N., Morris, K., Lloyd, J., Shaw, S., Mosselmans, J. F. W., Boothman, C., Bots, P., Rizoulis, A., Livens, F. & Law, G., 19 Dec 2017, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 51, 24, p. 14301 10.1021/acs.est.7b02426.

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Uranium from Seawater - Infinite Resource or Improbable Aspiration?

Dungan, K., Butler, G., Livens, F. & Warren, L., Aug 2017, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 99, p. 81-85 5 p.

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2016

Americium and plutonium association with magnesium hydroxide colloids in alkaline nuclear industry process environments

Heath, S., Maher, Z., Ivanov, P., O'Brien, L., Sims, H., Taylor, R. J., Livens, F., Goddard, D., Kellet, S., Rand, P. & Bryan, N., 2016, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 468, p. 84-96 12 p.

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Influence of riboflavin on the reduction of radionuclides by Shewanella oneidenis MR-1

Cherkouk, A., Law, G., Rizoulis, A., Law, K., Renshaw, J., Morris, K., Livens, F. & Lloyd, J., 2016, In: Dalton Transactions. 45, p. 5030-5037 8 p.

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Origin of artificial radionuclides in soil and sediment from North Wales

Al-Qasmi, H., Law, G., Fifield, L. K. & Livens, F., Jan 2016, In: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 151, 1, p. 244-249 6 p.

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2015

Behaviour and mobility of U and Ra in sediments near an abandoned uranium mine, Cornwall, UK

Siddeeg, S. B. C., Bryan, N. & Livens, F., 2015, In: Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts. 17, 1, p. 235-245 11 p.

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Geochemical association of Pu and Am in selected host-phases of contaminated soils from the UK and their susceptibility to chemical and microbiological leaching

Kimber, R. L., Corkhill, C. L., Amos, S., Livens, F. R. & Lloyd, J. R., 4 Feb 2015, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 142, p. 96-102 7 p.

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Rapid selective separation of americium/curium from simulated nuclear forensic matrices using triazine ligands

Higginson, M. A., Thompson, P., Marsden, O. J., Livens, F. R., Harwood, L. M., Lewis, F. W., Hudson, M. J. & Heath, S. L., 6 Jul 2015, In: Radiochim. Acta. 103, 10, p. 687-694 8 p.

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Reversibility in radionuclide/bentonite bulk and colloidal ternary systems

Sherriff, N., Issa, R., Morris, K., Livens, F., Heath, S. & Bryan, N., 2015, In: Mineralogical Magazine. 79, 6, p. 1307-1315 8 p.

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Separation of americium from complex radioactive mixtures using a BTPhen extraction chromatography resin

Higginson, M., Marsden, O., Thompson, P., Livens, F. & Heath, S. L., 8 May 2015, In: Reactive and Functional Polymers. 91-92, p. 93-99 7 p.

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Synthesis of functionalised BTPhen derivatives - effects on solubility and americium extraction

Higginson, M. A., Kyle, N. D., Marsden, O. J., Thompson, P., Livens, F. R. & Heath, S. L., 2015, In: Dalton Trans.. 44, 37, p. 16547-16552 6 p.

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U(VI) behaviour in hyperalkaline calcite systems

Smith, K. F., Bryan, N. D., Swinburne, A. N., Bots, P., Shaw, S., Natrajan, L. S., Mosselmans, J. F. W., Livens, F. R., Morris, K., Smith, K. B. & Bryan, N. C., 2015, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 148, p. 343-359 17 p.

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2014

Adsorption of radium and barium on goethite and ferrihydrite: A kinetic and surface complexation modelling study

Sajih, M., Bryan, N. D., Livens, F. R., Vaughan, D. J., Descostes, M., Phrommavanh, V., Nos, J. & Morris, K., 2014, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 146, p. 150-163 14 p.

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Dispersion of U-series natural radionuclides in stream sediments from Edale, UK

Siddeeg, S. M., Bryan, N. D. & Livens, F. R., 2014, In: Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts. 16, 5, p. 991-1000 9 p.

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Incorporation of uranium into hematite during crystallization from ferrihydrite

Marshall, T. A., Morris, K., Law, G. T. W., Livens, F. R., Mosselmans, J. F. W., Bots, P. & Shaw, S., 1 Apr 2014, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 48, 7, p. 3724-3731 7 p.

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Microanalytical X-ray imaging of depleted uranium speciation in environmentally aged munitions residues

Crean, D. E., Livens, F. R., Stennett, M. C., Grolimund, D., Borca, C. N. & Hyatt, N. C., 4 Feb 2014, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 48, 3, p. 1467-1474 7 p.

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The interactions of strontium and technetium with Fe(II) bearing biominerals: Implications for bioremediation of radioactively contaminated land

Thorpe, C. L., Boothman, C., Lloyd, J. R., Law, G. T. W., Bryan, N. D., Atherton, N., Livens, F. R. & Morris, K., Jan 2014, In: Applied Geochemistry. 40, p. 135-143 9 p.

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2013

Remediation of soils contaminated with particulate depleted uranium by multi stage chemical extraction

Crean, D. E., Livens, F. R., Sajih, M., Stennett, M. C., Grolimund, D., Borca, C. N. & Hyatt, N. C., 15 Dec 2013, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 263, p. 382-390 8 p.

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2012

Atomistic simulations of calcium uranyl(VI) carbonate adsorption on calcite and stepped-calcite surfaces

Doudou, S., Vaughan, D. J., Livens, F. R. & Burton, N. A., 17 Jul 2012, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 46, 14, p. 7587-7594 7 p.

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Biogeochemical behaviour of plutonium during anoxic biostimulation of contaminated sediments

Kimber, R. L., Boothman, C., Purdie, P., Livens, F. R. & Lloyd, J. R., 2012, In: Mineralogical Magazine. 76, 3, p. 567-578 11 p.

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Controlled synthesis of radiolabelled amine methacrylate water-soluble polymers with end-groups of varying hydrophobicity and studies of adsorption behaviour

Long, M., Thornthwaite, D. W., Rogers, S. H., Livens, F. R. & Rannard, S. P., Jan 2012, In: Polymer Chemistry. 3, 1, p. 154-161 7 p.

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Selective removal of 90Sr and 60Co from aqueous solution using N-aza-crown ether functional poly(NIPAM) hydrogels

Deli, D., Law, K., Liu, Z., Crouch, D. J., Livens, F. R. & Yeates, S. G., Jun 2012, In: Reactive and Functional Polymers. 72, 6, p. 414-419 5 p.

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