Development of a simplified separation process of trivalent minor actinides from fission products using novel R-BTP/SiO 2-P adsorbents

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 334-342

  Usuda, Shigekazu ^a   Wei, Yuezhou ^a,c   Xu, Yuanlai ^a   Li, Zheng ^a   Liu, Ruiqin ^a   Kim, Seongyun ^a   Wakui, Yoshito ^b   Hayashi, Hiromichi ^b   Yamazaki, Hiromichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption and desorption; Extraction chromatography; Fission products (FP); R BTP SiO 2 P adsorbents; Radiolytic and chemical stabilities; Rare earths (RE); Simplified separation process; Single column; Temperature control; Trivalent minor actinides (MA)

Indexed keywords

ADSORBABILITIES; ALKYL GROUPS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; DESORPTION PROPERTIES; EXTRACTANTS; EXTRACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION SELECTIVITY; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE LIQUID WASTE; MINOR ACTINIDE; NITRIC ACID SOLUTIONS; NITROGEN-DONOR LIGANDS; NOVEL EXTRACTION; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POROUS SILICA; SEPARATION PROCESS; SIMPLIFIED SEPARATION PROCESS;

ADSORPTION; AMERICIUM; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CURIUM; DESORPTION; FISSION PRODUCTS; LIGANDS; NITRIC ACID; RADIOLYSIS; RARE EARTHS; SEPARATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ADSORBENTS;

EID: 84859254228     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2012.660018     Document Type: Article

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