“…X-ray absorption ®ne structure (XAFS) measurements of samples with natural uranium have been performed at several synchrotron storage rings in Europe, USA and Japan (Petiau et al, 1986;Kalkowski, Kaindl, Brewer & Krone, 1987;Dent et al, 1992;Chisholm-Brause et al, 1994;Hudson et al, 1995;Allen, Shuh et al, 1996;Giaquinta et al, 1997;Denecke et al, 1997;Den Auwer et al, 1997;Yaita et al, 1998). However, experiments with transuranics have been very limited in number (Kalkowski, Kaindl, Bertram et al, 1987;Petit-Maire et al, 1989;Combes et al, 1992).…”