Multi-stage extraction and separation of Ln and An using TODGA and DTBA or DTPA accompanying pH adjustment with lactic acid and ethylenediamine

乳酸,エチレンジアミン添加下でTODGA, DTBA, DTPAを用いるLn, Anの多段抽出分離

佐々木 祐二  ; 金子 政志   ; 伴 康俊  ; 松宮 正彦*; 中瀬 正彦*; 竹下 健二*

Sasaki, Yuji; Kaneko, Masashi; Ban, Yasutoshi; Matsumiya, Masahiko*; Nakase, Masahiko*; Takeshita, Kenji*

TALSPEAK法を参考に、DGA抽出剤を用いてマスキング剤にDTPAとその類縁体であるDTBAを用いてLnとAnの相互分離を検討した。この系では、pH緩衝液に乳酸(LA)と、pH調整にエチレンジアミン(ED)を用いた。実験により、TODGA-DTPA-LA-NaOH, TODGA-DTPA-LA-ED, TODGA-DTBA-LAで同じ分配比や分離比を示した。多段抽出によるLn, Anの相互分離により、DGA-DTPA-LA-EDで水相へLnの平均回収率は3.73%でAmは98.1%、DGA-DTPA-LA-NaOH系で3.1(Ln) and 97.0(Am)%、DGA-DTBA-LA系で1.61(Ln) and 98.7(Am)%であった。

The mutual separation of actinides (An) from lanthanides (Ln) using the masking agent of DTPA (diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid) or DTBA (diethylenetriamine-triacetic acid-bis(diethylacetamide)) in the aqueous phase through DGA extraction, referring TALSPEAK method, is focused. We investigate to obtain the same separation performance using commercially available DTPA on that using DTBA. In this work, we select lactic acid (LA) of pH buffer from 10 organic acids and ethylenediamine (ED) for the pH adjustment. Almost the same D and SF values are obtained among the conditions: TODGA-DTPA-LA-NaOH, TODGA-DTPA-LA-ED, and TODGA-DTBA-LA. The experimental results using batchwise multi-stage extractions show the average yields of Ln (La to Gd) and Am to be 3.73 and 98.1% in the aqueous phase using DGA-DTPA-LA-ED, to be 3.1 and 97.0% using DGA-DTPA-LA-NaOH, and to be 1.61 and 98.7% using DGA-DTBA-LA.