“…A much greater number of studies have been performed of the solubility of Np(V) in the presence of carbonate [Lemire, Boyer, and Campbell, 1993;Marx and Keiling, 1989;Maya, 1983;Neck, Runde, et al, 1994;Nitsche, 1987;Nitsche, 1991;Novak, Nitsche, et al, 1996;Simakin, 1977;Ueno and Sato, 1975;Visyashcheva, Volkov, et al, 19741. No reducing agents or redox buffers were added to these solutions to control the oxidation state of the neptunium during the solubility experiments.…”