Evaluation study on properties of isohexyl-BTP/SiO2-P resin for direct separation of trivalent minor actinides from HLLW

Liu, R; Wei, Y; Xu, Y; Usuda, S; Kim, S; Yamazaki, H; Ishii, K

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1555272

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Journal Article

Year

2012

HERO ID 1555272
In Press No
Year 2012
Title Evaluation study on properties of isohexyl-BTP/SiO2-P resin for direct separation of trivalent minor actinides from HLLW
Authors Liu, R; Wei, Y; Xu, Y; Usuda, S; Kim, S; Yamazaki, H; Ishii, K
Journal Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume 292
Issue 2
Page Numbers 537-544
Abstract In order to develop a direct separation process for trivalent minor actinides from fission products in high level liquid waste (HLLW) by extraction chromatography, a novel macroporous silica-based 2,6-bis(5,6-diisohexyl)-1,2,4-triazin-3-yl) pyridine resin (isohexyl-BTP/SiO2-P resin) was prepared. The content of isohexyl-BTP extractant in the resin was as high as 33.3 wt%. The resin exhibited much higher adsorption affinity for Am (III) in 2-3 M (mol/L) HNO3 solution over U and FP which are contained in HLLW. The kinetic data were analyzed using pseudo-second-order equation. The results suggested that the Eu(III), Gd (III), and Dy(III) adsorption was well explained by the pseudo-second-order equation. Quantitative desorption for adsorbed elements was achieved by using H2O or thiourea as eluting agents. However, the kinetics of adsorption and desorption were rather slow and this drawback needs to be resolved. Stability of the resin against HNO3 was also examined. It was found that the resin was considerably stable against <= 4 M HNO3 solution for the reasons of an extremely small leakage of the extractant into the solution from the resin and the adsorption performance keeping for rare earths in 3 M HNO3 solution.
Doi 10.1007/s10967-012-1631-3
Wosid WOS:000305230100009
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Keyword HLLW; Minor actinides; Rare earths; Extraction chromatography; isoHexyl-BTP/SiO2-P; Fission products