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Estela Reinoso Maset
  • Researcher
    • Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
estela.reinoso.maset@nmbu.no
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My main research interests focus on understanding the geochemical behavior of radionuclides and co-contaminants produced either at the front or back end of the nuclear fuel cycle in surface and subsurface environments. Until present, I have worked in projects that covered:
- mechanistic understanding of the interactions between anthropogenic complexing agents (EDTA, NTA, ISA, picolinic acid) and radionuclides (Tc, U, Th, Sr, Cs) and their effect on mobility in different solid phase systems (natural sand, silty loam soil).
- development of an ion exchange model to obtain a thermodynamic database describing the sorption of trace elements (U and Ra) on clays (kaolinite) in the presence of major ions.
- determination of rates and mechanisms of uranyl oxyhydroxide and phosphate minerals dissolution under a flow-through porewater regime, and study the effect of dissolved carbonate concentration on dissolution.
- characterisation of nuclear fuel particles from contaminated soils and sediments of Chernobyl's and Fukushima's exclusion zones.

In order to produce successful research with high quality understanding, and due to my analytical chemistry background, my research always features a wide range of analytical, radioanalytical and spectroscopic techniques, and when necessary I have developed and optimized the methodology. Among these techniques, I am proficient with ICP-MS, ICP-OES, IC, TOC, UV-Vis spectrometry, gamma spectrometry, as well as solid phase characterization techniques such particle size, BET surface area, autoradiography, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), micro X-ray fluorescence (µXRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at synchrotron light source facilities. Moreover, I use chemical, geochemical and reactive transport calculations and modelling (HYDRA/Medusa, Visual MINTEQ, PHREEQC, CrunchFlow) to support experimental work and gain further mechanistical understanding.

Recently, I have also been involved in the method development and analyses of plasma's seleno proteins and aminoacids by HPLC--ICP-MS to study the effect of different dietary selenium sources on the growth and health of fast-growing pigs in the Norwegian porcine industry.

  • Publications
    My publications in Cristin

    Full research papers (published)

    14. Vazquez-Ortega A.*, Perdrial N., Reinoso-Maset E., O’Day P.A., Root R., Chorover J. (2021). “Phosphate controls uranium release from acidic waste-weathered Hanford sediments”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 416, 126240. 
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126240

    13. Kaspharov V.*, Salbu B., Simonucci C., Levchuk S., Reinoso-Maset E., Lind O.C., Maloshtan I., Protsak V., Courbet C., Nguyen H. (2020) “Validation of a fuel particle dissolution model with samples from the Red Forest within the Chernobyl exclusion zone", Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 223-224, 106387
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106387

    12. Reinoso-Maset E.*, Perdrial N., Steefel C.I., Um W., Chorover J., O’Day P.A. (2020) “Dissolved carbonate and pH control the dissolution of uranyl phosphate minerals under flow conditions", Environmental Science and Technology, 50, 10, 6031-6042
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b06448

    11. Falk M.*, Bernhoft A., Reinoso-Maset E., Salbu B., Lebed P.J., Framstad T., Fuhrmann H., Oropeza-Moe M. (2020) “Beneficial antioxidant status of piglets from sows fed organic selenium", Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 58, 126439
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2019.126439

    10. Reinoso-Maset E.*, Brown J., Pettersen M.N., Steenhuisen F., Tetteh A., Wada T., Hinton T.G., Salbu B., Lind O.C. (2020) “Linking heterogenous distribution of radiocaesium in soils and pond sediments in the Fukushima Daiichi exclusion zone to mobility and potential bioavailability", Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 211, 106080
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.106080

    9. Wærsted F.M.*, Jensen K.A., Reinoso-Maset E., Skipperud L. (2018) “High throughput, direct determination of 226Ra in water and digested geological samples”, Analytical Chemistry, 90(20), 12246-12252
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03494

    8. Wang G., Um W.*, Wang Z., Reinoso-Maset E., Washton N., Mueller K.T., Perdrial N., O'Day P.A., Chorover J. (2017) “Uranium release from acidic weathered Hanford sediments: single-pass flow-through and column experiments”, Environmental Science & Technology, 51(19), 11011-11019
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b03475

    7. Reinoso-Maset E.*, Steefel C.I., Um W., Chorover J., O’Day P.A. (2017) “Rates and mechanisms of uranyl oxyhydroxide mineral dissolution”, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 207, 298-321
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.03.009

    6. Reinoso-Maset E.*, Ly J. (2016) “Study of trace level uranium(VI) and radium(II) sorption on kaolinite using a multisite ion exchange model”, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 157, 136-148
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.03.014

    5. Reinoso-Maset E.*, Ly J. (2014) “Study of major ions sorption equilibria to characterize the ion exchange properties of kaolinite”, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 59(12), 4000-4009
    https://doi.org/10.1021/je5005438

    4. Reinoso-Maset E.*, Worsfold P.J., Keith-Roach M.J. (2013) “Effect of organic complexing agents on the interactions of U(VI), Sr(II) and Cs(I) with natural sand”, Chemosphere, 91(7), 948-954
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.105

    3. Reinoso-Maset E.*, Worsfold P.J., Keith-Roach M.J. (2012) “Evaluation of electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry as a technique for the investigation of competitive interactions: A case study of the ternary Th-Mn-EDTA system”, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 26(23), 2755–2762
    https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6404

    2. Reinoso-Maset E.*, Worsfold P.J., Keith-Roach M.J. (2012) “The effect of EDTA, NTA and picolinic acid on Th(IV) mobility in a ternary system with natural sand”, Environmental Pollution, 162, 399–405
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.11.038

    1. Reinoso Maset E., Handley S., Fisher A., Heydon A., Worsfold P.J., Cartwright A.J., Keith-Roach M.J.* (2006), “The effect of organic co-contaminants on technetium and rhenium speciation and solubility under reducing conditions”, Environmental Science & Technology, 40(17), 5472-5477
    https://doi.org/10.1021/es061157f

    Conference papers

    3. Reinoso-Maset E.*, Hainos D., Ly J. (2012) “Sorption of uranium(VI) and radium(II) at trace level onto kaolinite and montmorillonite”, Mineralogical Magazine, 76(6), 2275.
    https://goldschmidtabstracts.info/2012/2275.pdf

    2. Keith-Roach M.J.*, Reinoso-Maset E., May C.C., Young L., Worsfold P.J., (2011) “The influence of co-contaminant complexing agents on radionuclide environmental behaviour”, Mineralogical Magazine, 75(3), 1165.
    https://goldschmidtabstracts.info/2011/1165.pdf

    1. Reinoso-Maset E.*, Worsfold P.J., Keith-Roach M.J. (2008) “Radionuclides, organic complexing agents and solid phases: Exploring their interactions”, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72 (12 Suplement), 785.
    https://goldschmidtabstracts.info/2008/785.pdf

    Ph.D. research thesis

    Reinoso-Maset, Estela (2010) "Aqueous and solid phase interactions of radionuclides with organic complexing agents", Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Plymouth, UK
    https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/300

  • Projects & research

    Areas of research

    Theme: 

    • Environment

    Specialities: 

    • Radiokjemi

    Research areas: 

    • Chemical sciences
  • Other & CV

    04/2017 – present 
    Research scientist; Centre for Environmental Radioactivity, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Aas, Norway

    04/2013 – 12/2015 
    Postdoctoral researcher; University of California Merced, USA

    01/2011 – 01/2013 
    Postdoctoral researcher; Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Centre de Saclay, France

    10/2007 – 12/2010
    Laboratory teaching demonstrator and marker; University of Plymouth, UK

    09/2006 – 11/2010 
    Ph.D. in Environmental Radiochemistry; University of Plymouth, UK

    01/2005 – 07/2005 
    Erasmus post-graduate exchange student; University of Plymouth, UK, and Universidade de Vigo, Spain

    09/1998 – 06/2004
    Licenciatura en Ciencias Químicas (Química Fundamental – Química Analítica); Universidade de Vigo, Spain

     

     

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