Chernobylite

Chernobylite is a technogenic mineral, a crystalline zirconium silicate with high (up to 10%) content of uranium as a solid solution. It is black and yellow. It was discovered in the corium produced in the Chernobyl accident, a lava-like glassy material formed in a nuclear meltdown of a reactor core.^[1][2][3] Chernobylite is highly radioactive due to its high uranium content and contamination by fission products.

References

1. ^ USSR report: Chemistry - Google Books. Books.google.com. 1990-05-05. http://books.google.com/books?id=y6c9AAAAMAAJ&q=chernobylite&dq=chernobylite&hl=en&cd=8. Retrieved 2010-02-27. 
2. ^ Chernobyl record: the definitive ... - Google Books. Books.google.com. 1986-04-26. http://books.google.com/books?id=O36UC03ODtcC&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dq=chernobylite+silicate&source=bl&ots=K9zC-I_ekp&sig=aVuELnAna3fkhWPgg6uwbe93p1Q&hl=en&ei=3r2ES62LEaXKmgPssridAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=&f=false. Retrieved 2010-02-27. 
3. ^ http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA360559

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