Acknowledgements We are grateful for financial support from the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB930400), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 21121063) and the Joint Research Project funding (GJHZ1224) from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). We thank the Institute of Modem Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences for providing the UO2(NO3)2"6H20 salts and uranium content measurements. We acknowledge the Australian Synchrotron for access to the Powder Diffraction beamline. We thank Ian Madsen (CSIRO Process Science and Engineering) for providing access to the in situ XRD instrument and for a critical reading of the manuscript. The CSIRO Office of the Chief Executive (OCE) Postdoctoral and Science Leader Schemes are acknowledged for supporting this work. R. A. C. acknowledges the Australian Research Council for a Future Fellowship (FT0990583).
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