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Michaël Descostes

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

9

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Scholarly Papers (9)

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Implications of Recently Derived Thermodynamic Data for (Mg/Ca)Nuo2(Co3)3(4-2n)- Complexes on the Predominance of the Mg2+–Ca2+–Uo22+–Oh-–Co32- Systems, and Application to Natural and Legacy-Mine Waters

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 26 Aug 2022
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
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alkaline earth uranium carbonate complexes, speciation, Fluorescence, Water treatment, Legacy-Mining Site

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Long-term evolution of pH and metals (Al, Fe, Mn, U) in pyrite-bearing waste rocks using reactive transport modeling: dealing with stock and process uncertainties

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 Dec 2025
Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL Research University - MINES ParisTech, Université Paris Est Créteil - Sorbonne Université, Consultant, Mines Paris - PSL, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Mines Paris - PSL, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Waste rocks, sulfide oxidation, acid mine drainage (AMD), reactive transport (RT) modeling

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Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Chemometrics for Fast Identification of U(Vi)-Bearing Minerals in a Mining Context

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Feb 2023
University of Paris-Saclay, affiliation not provided to SSRN, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l’Environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), affiliation not provided to SSRN, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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TRLFS, Chemometrics, Uranium, Speciation, Environment, Identification

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Speciation of Uranium and Radium During the Treatment of Acidic Waters from Legacy-Mine (Le Cellier, France)

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Feb 2025
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, Université Paris Est Créteil - Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Est Créteil - Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Est Créteil - Sorbonne Université, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 42 (1,170,409)

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Uranium, radium, speciation, Fluorescence, thermodynamic modelling, on site monitoring

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Using Spectroscopic Autoradiography of Alpha Particles for the Quantitative Mapping of 226ra Ultra-Traces in Geo-Materials

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 Nov 2023
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, BRGM, affiliation not provided to SSRN and IC2MP Poitiers
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Alpha spectroscopy, Ra-226 mapping, uranium, radioactive disequilibrium, real-time autoradiography, mining activities.

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The First Modeling, Measurement, and Confirmation of Natural Attenuation Over a 30-Year Period in a Uranium In-Situ Recovery Context: Approaches and Perspectives

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Feb 2025
Mines Paris - PSL, Mines Paris - PSL, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Mines Paris - PSL, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 40 (1,236,159)
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Natural attenuation, in-situ recovery Uranium, post-mining, reactive transport modeling, environmental footprint

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Modeling Present and Future Flows in a Tailings Pile at the Former Le Cellier Uranium Mine (France)

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 Jun 2024
Université Paris Est Créteil - Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Est Créteil - Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Est Créteil - Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Est Créteil - Sorbonne Université, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Tailings pile, Residual acid, Unsaturated flow modeling, Water management, Climate change, Extreme events

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Competitive Ion-Exchange Reactions of Pb(Ii) (Pb2+/Pbcl+) and Ra(Ii) (Ra2+) on Smectites: Experiments, Modeling, and Implication for 226ra(Ii)/210pb(Ii) Disequilibrium in the Environment

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Sep 2022
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Consultant, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Ion-exchange, ion pairs, lead, radium, radioactive disequilibrium, smectite

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Multi-scale approach to understanding and predicting environmental reactivity in the context of ISR

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Mar 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Mines Paris - PSL, Mines Paris - PSL, Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL Research University - MINES ParisTech, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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In situ recovery, Hydrogeochemical processes, Multi-scale approach, Reactive transport modeling, Zoovch Ovoo uranium deposit