DOE OSTI2020
UO2(OH)2 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one molecular hydrogen;dihydrate molecule and one UO2 sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. In the UO2 sheet, U6+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of U–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.11 Å. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a linear geometry to two equivalent U6+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a linear geometry to two equivalent U6+ atoms.