Density functional study aiming to elucidate separation mechanisms of minor actinides and rare earths

Kaneko, Masashi   

Partitioning of minor actinides from rare earths is one of the most important techniques to develop group separation of high-level radioactive liquid waste. In this issue, the results of prediction of separation performance between minor actinides and rare earths observed in solvent extraction and the separation mechanism by means of using density functional theory are explained.