Counter-current extraction of uranium and lanthanides from simulated high-level waste using N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl diglycolamide

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-124

  Ansari, S A ^a   Prabhu, D R ^a   Gujar, R B ^a   Kanekar, A S ^a   Rajeswari, B ^a   Kulkarni, M J ^a   Murali, M S ^a   Babu, Y ^a   Natarajan, V ^a   Rajeswari, S ^b   Suresh, A ^b   Manivannan, R ^b   Antony, M P ^b   Srinivasan, T G ^b   Manchanda, V K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Actinide partitioning; Counter current extraction; Mixer settler; TODGA

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; DISSOLUTION; HEAVY WATER; HEAVY WATER REACTORS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MOLYBDENUM; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; REUSABILITY; STRIPPING (DYES); TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ACTINIDE PARTITIONING; COLD TESTS; COUNTER-CURRENT EXTRACTION; FEED SOLUTIONS; HIGH-LEVEL WASTES; HYDROLYTIC STABILITIES; LANTHANIDES; MIXER-SETTLER; ORGANIC PHASE; PRESSURIZED HEAVY WATER REACTORS; QUANTITATIVE EXTRACTIONS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLYTIC DEGRADATIONS; RAFFINATE; SOLVENT SYSTEMS; TETRAOCTYL DIGLYCOLAMIDE; TODGA; TRIVALENT ACTINIDES; TRIVALENT LANTHANIDES;

ACTINIDES;

EID: 62149131458     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Mathur J.N., Murali M.S., and Nash K.L. Actinide partitioning-a review. Solv. Extr. Ion Exch. 19 (2001) 357-390
2. Schulz W.W., and Horwitz E.P. The TRUEX process and the management of liquid TRU waste. Sep. Sci. Technol. 23 (1988) 1191-1210
3. Morita Y., Yamaguchi I., Kondo Y., Shirahashi K., Yamagishi I., Fujirawa T., and Kubota M. Safety and Environmental Aspects of Partitioning and Transmutation of Actinides and Fission Products, IAEA-TECDOC-783 (1995), IAEA, Vienna p. 93
4. Liu X., Liang J., and Xu J. Simplified Chinese TRPO process to extract and recover transuranium elements from high level liquid waste. Solv. Extr. Ion Exch. 22 (2004) 163-173
5. Cuillerdier C., Musikas C., and Nigond L. Diamides as actinide extractants for various waste treatments. Sep. Sci. Technol. 28 (1993) 155-175
6. Purroy D.S., Baron P., Christiansen B., Glatz J.P., Madic C., Malmbeck R., and Modolo G. First demonstration of a centrifugal solvent extraction process for minor actinides from a concentrated spent fuel solution. Sep. Purif. Technol. 45 (2005) 157-162
7. Manchanda V.K., and Pathak P.N. Amides and diamides as promising extractants in the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle: an overview. Sep. Purif. Technol. 35 (2004) 85-103
8. Stephan H., Gloe K., Bager J., and Muhl P. Liquid-liquid extraction of strontium with amido podands. Solv. Extr. Ion Exch. 9 (1991) 435-469
9. Sasaki Y., and Choppin G.R. Solvent extraction of Eu, Th, U, Np and Am with N, N′-dimethyl-N,N′-dihexyl-3-oxapentanediamide and its analogous compounds. Anal. Sci. 12 (1998) 225-230
10. 3-n-dodecane system. Solv. Extr. Ion Exch. 19 (2001) 91-103
11. Ansari S.A., Pathak P.N., Husain M., Prasad A.K., Parmar V.S., and Manchanda V.K. N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA): a promising extractant for actinide-partitioning from high level waste (HLW). Solv. Extr. Ion Exch. 23 (2005) 463-479
12. Ansari S.A., Pathak P.N., Husain M., Prasad A.K., Parmar V.S., and Manchanda V.K. Extraction of actinides using N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA): a thermodynamic study. Radiochim. Acta 94 (2006) 307-312
13. Ansari S.A., Pathak P.N., Husain M., Prasad A.K., Parmar V.S., and Manchanda V.K. Extraction chromatographic studies of metal ions using N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl diglycolamide as the stationary phase. Talanta 68 (2006) 1273-1280
14. Ansari S.A., Mohapatra P.K., Prabhu D.R., and Manchanda V.K. Transport of americium(III) through a supported liquid membrane containing N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl-3-oxapentane diamide (TODGA) in n-dodecane as the carrier. J. Membr. Sci. 282 (2006) 133-141
15. Ansari S.A., Mohapatra P.K., Prabhu D.R., and Manchanda V.K. Evaluation of N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl-3-oxapentane-diamide (TODGA) as a mobile carrier in remediation of nuclear waste using supported liquid membrane. J. Membr. Sci. 298 (2007) 169-174
16. Ansari S.A., Mohapatra P.K., Raut D.R., Adya V.C., Tulsidas S.K., and Manchanda V.K. Separation of Am(III) and trivalent lanthanides from simulated high level waste using hollow fiber supported liquid membrane. Sep. Purif. Technol. 63 (2008) 239-242
17. S.A. Ansari, P.K. Mohapatra, V. K. Manchanda, Recovery of actinides and lanthanides from high level waste using hollow fiber supported liquid membrane with TODGA as the Carrier, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Communicated.
18. Vasudeva Rao P.R., and Kolarik Z. A review on third phase formation in extraction of actinides by neutral organophosphorus extractants. Solv. Extr. Ion Exch. 14 (1996) 955-993
19. Tachimori S., Sasaki Y., and Suzuki S. Modification of TODGA-n-dodecane solvent with a monoamide for high loading of lanthanides(III) and actinides(III). Solv. Extr. Ion Exch. 20 (2002) 687-699
20. Suzuki H., Sasaki Y., Sugo Y., Apichaibukol A., and Kimura T. Radiochim. Acta 92 (2004) 463-466
21. Modolo G., Hanna Asp H., Vijgen R., Malmbeck D., Magnusson C., and Sorel. Demonstration of a TODGA-based continuous counter-current extraction process for the partitioning of actinides from a simulated PUREX raffinate. Part II. Centrifugal contactor runs. Solv. Extr. Ion Exch. 26 (2008) 62-76
22. Thiollet G., and Musikas C. Synthesis and use of the amide extractants. Solv. Extr. Ion Exch. 7 (1989) 813-827
23. Sunder U., Sivadasan P.C., Yadav R.B., Gopalan B., and Syamsunder S. Rapid titrimetric determination of free acidity in process samples of uranyl nitrate. Analyst 123 (1998) 1875-1877
24. Mayankutty P.C., Ravi S., and Nadkarni M.N. Determination of free acidity in uranyl nitrate solutions. J. Radioanal. Chem. 68 (1982) 145-150
25. Huh C., and Mason S.G. A rigorous theory of ring tensiometery. Colloid Polym. Sci. 253 (1975) 566-580
26. Koganti S.B., Rajagopalan C.V., Periasamy K., Sreedharan V., and Balasubramanian G.R. Development of high efficiency air pulsed ejector mixer-settler. Int. Sol. Extr. Conf. (ISEC-93), vol. 1. U.K., September 1993 (1993) pp. 103-110
27. Sugo Y., Sasaki Y., and Tachimori S. Studies on hydrolysis and radiolysis of N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl-3-oxapentane-1,5-diamide. Radiochim. Acta 90 (2002) 161-165
28. Modolo G., Asp H., Schreinemachers C., and Vijgen V. Development of a TODGA based process for actinide partitioning from a PUREX raffinate. Part I. Batch extraction optimization studies and stability tests. Solv. Extr. Ion Exch. 25 (2007) 703-721
29. Unpublished results from the authors.