Extraction of trivalent rare earths and minor actinides from nitric acid with -tetradodecyldiglycolamide (TDdDGA) by using mixer-settler extractors in a hot cell

-tetradodecyldiglycolamide (TDdDGA)を用いたホットセル内でのミキサセトラ抽出器による硝酸中の3価の希土類及びアクチノイドの抽出

伴 康俊  ; 鈴木 英哉; 宝徳 忍 ; 川崎 倫弘*; 佐川 浩*; 筒井 菜緒  ; 松村 達郎  

Ban, Yasutoshi; Suzuki, Hideya; Hotoku, Shinobu; Kawasaki, Tomohiro*; Sagawa, Hiroshi*; Tsutsui, Nao; Matsumura, Tatsuro

ホットセル内のミキサセトラ抽出器に-tetradodecyldiglycolamide (TDdDGA)を適用した連続向流試験を行った。マイナアクチノイド(MA: Am及びCm)、希土類(RE: Y, La, Nd及びEu)及び他の核分裂生成物(Sr, Cs, Zr, Mo, Ru, Rh及びPd)を含む硝酸を抽出器に供給した。TDdDGAは供給液中のMA及びREを効果的に抽出する一方、他の核分裂生成物はほとんど抽出しなかった。抽出したMA及びREを0.02mol/dm硝酸で逆抽出し、MA-REフラクションとして回収した。MA-REフラクションにおけるMA及びREの割合はそれぞれ98%及び86%であった。これらの結果からMA及びREの抽出剤としてのTDdDGAの適用性を示した。

A continuous counter-current experiment using TDdDGA was performed using mixer-settler extractors installed in a hot cell. Nitric acid containing minor actinides (MAs: Am and Cm), rare earths (REs: Y, La, Nd, and Eu), and other fission products (Sr, Cs, Zr, Mo, Ru, Rh, and Pd) was fed to the extractor. TDdDGA effectively extracted MAs and REs from the feed, while other fission products were barely extracted. The extracted MAs and REs were back-extracted by bringing them in contact with 0.02 mol/dm nitric acid, and they were collected as the MA-RE fraction. The proportions of MA and RE in the MA-RE fraction were 98% and 86%, respectively. These results demonstrated the applicability of TDdDGA as an extractant for MAs and REs.