Continuous extraction and separation of Am(III) and Cm(III) using a highly practical diamide amine extractant

Suzuki, Hideya; Tsubata, Yasuhiro; Kurosawa, Tatsuya*; Sagawa, Hiroshi*; Matsumura, Tatsuro

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 54(11), p.1163 - 1167, 2017/11

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2017.1299050

A highly practical diamide-type extractant, which is an alkyl diamide amine with 2-ethylhexyl alkyl chains (ADAAM(EH)), was investigated for mutual separation of Am(III) and Cm(III). ADAAM(EH) is a multidentate ligand with one soft N-donor atom and two hard O-donor atoms in its central frame. This tridentate arrangement of donor atoms provides selective binding to Am(III) compared to that with Cm(III) in highly acidic media, resulting in separation factors of up to 5.5. A continuous liquid-liquid extraction and stripping test was conducted using a multistage countercurrent mixer-settler extractor with ADAAM(EH) in n-dodecane. In this test, separation of Am(III) and Cm(III) was achieved with very high yield.

Electronic structure of Pt and Pt-Co nanoparticles with O and O/HO adsorption revealed by in situ XAFS and hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Cui, Y.*; Harada, Yoshihisa*; Hatanaka, Tatsuya*; Nakamura, Naoki*; Ando, Masaki*; Yoshida, Toshihiko*; Ikenaga, Eiji*; Ishii, Kenji*; Matsumura, Daiju; Li, R.*; et al.

ECS Transactions, 72(8), p.131 - 136, 2016/10

https://doi.org/10.1149/07208.0131ecst

Thermoresponsive extraction of cadmium(II) ions by poly(TPEN-NIPA) gels; Effect of chain length and branched spacer structure on gel formation and extraction behavior

Inaba, Yusuke*; Tsumagari, Takayuki*; Kida, Tatsuya*; Watanabe, Wataru*; Nakajima, Yasutaka*; Fukuoka, Sachio*; Mori, Atsunori*; Matsumura, Tatsuro; Nakano, Yoshio*; Takeshita, Kenji*

Polymer Journal, 43(7), p.630 - 634, 2011/07

https://doi.org/10.1038/pj.2011.38

-(tetrakis-2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine (TPEN) derivatives bearing a polymerizable double bond in the substituent structure of the pyridine ring are synthesized and subjected to copolymerization with -isopropylacrylamide in the presence of AIBN. The obtained poly(TPEN-NIPA) gels show thermo-responsive swelling/shrinking behaviors and are employed for the extraction of cadmium(II) ion from the aqueous solution to examine the relationship of the gel characteristics and the extraction performance. The polymer gels composed of the TPEN derivative bearing C3, C4, C10 and branched C3 spacer chains are synthesized and temperature-dependent extraction behavior of cadmium ion is compared. These gels extract Cd(II) ion efficiently from the aqueous solution in the swelling state at 5C, while little extraction is observed at 45C with shrinking. It is found that poly(TPEN-NIPA) gel of branched C3 spacer (C3b) shows the excellent thermoresponsive extraction performance.

Neutron zooming detector using electronic zooming TV readout system

Soyama, Kazuhiko; Matsubayashi, Masahito; Masaoka, Sei; Nakamura, Tatsuya; Matsumura, Tatsuya*; Kinoshita, Katsuyuki*

JAERI-Research 2003-032, 22 Pages, 2004/03

JAERI-Research-2003-032.pdf:1.83MB

The neutron zooming tube has been developed using electronic zooming TV readout system for an X-ray microscope. This system consists of the photocathode, the electro-magnetic coil assembly and the CCD TV camera etc.. The photocathode consists of transmission type CsI layer in combination with neutron converters such as Gd foil. The system position sensitive resolution of 20m has been obtained using neutron converter. We have found that it is determined from the distance between the CsI layer and the neutron converter, then the limiting resolution could be improved.

不溶解性残渣処理プロセス

松村 達郎; 津幡 靖宏; 佐野 雄一; 小山 真一

山村 朝雄*; 鷹尾 康一郎*; 鈴木 達也*; 可児 祐子*; 高橋 優也*; 小山 直*; 駒嶺 哲*; 藤田 玲子*; 小澤 正基*

JP, 2018-113698  Patent licensing information  Patent publication (In Japanese)

【課題】使用済燃料の再処理工程で発生する不溶解性残渣に含まれるジルコニウムやパラジウムを効率よく回収する方法を提供すること。 【解決手段】不溶解性残渣を過酸化水素含有酸性水溶液等で処理し、不溶解性残渣に含まれるジルコニウムとモリブデンを該酸性水溶液に溶解させて分離する。得られたジルコニウムとモリブデンは、抽出剤などを用いて分離され、ジルコニウムに含まれる長寿命放射性核種は偶奇分離によって低減される。また、酸性水溶液に不溶のパラジウムなどを含む白金族合金については、強酸処理、酸化溶解、フッ素化などによりパラジウムを分離し、パラジウムに含まれる長寿命放射性核種も偶奇分離によって低減される。

Research and development of minor actinide separation process with novel extractants

Matsumura, Tatsuro; Suzuki, Hideya; Tsubata, Yasuhiro; Shibata, Mitsunobu; Kurosawa, Tatsuya; Kawasaki, Tomohiro; Sagawa, Hiroshi

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Research and development of the "SELECT process" for actinide separation, 2; Investigation of new extractants for MA/RE separation

Suzuki, Hideya; Tsubata, Yasuhiro; Kurosawa, Tatsuya*; Kawasaki, Tomohiro*; Shibata, Mitsunobu*; Matsumura, Tatsuro

no journal, , 

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency is engaged in research and development of the "SELECT process" which is a separation technology for recovering actinides from spent fuel. A highly practical reagent, called HONTA, was developed. In the present study, HONTA was tested for the mutual separation of MA and RE.

R&D MA separation processes for P&T system using ADS, 4; Novel soft-hard ligand for MA/Ln separation

Suzuki, Hideya; Tsubata, Yasuhiro; Urabe, Shunichi; Shibata, Mitsunobu; Kurosawa, Tatsuya; Kawasaki, Tomohiro; Matsumura, Tatsuro

no journal, , 

JAEA continues to carry out the development of the ADS(Double-strata). Mutual separation of MA and Ln is important for the development of the partitioning process. The separation is particularly difficult, because they have the analogous chemical behavior. New reagent was synthesized and examined. The results of separation factors (SF) of Am against Eu are more than 25. The reagent is very stable chemically, high extraction capacity, fully miscible with hydrocarbon diluents, fast chemical kinetics, and following the CHON-principle.

XAFS study on effect of molybdenum addition on photo-induced particle formation of palladium

Saeki, Morihisa; Matsumura, Daiju; Yomogida, Takumi; Taguchi, Tomitsugu; Tsuji, Takuya; Kusano, Shogo*; Miyazaki, Tatsuya*; Takao, Koichiro*; Oba, Hironori; Nakashima, Nobuaki*

no journal, , 

Recently, we found that photo-induced particle formation of Pd was promoted by coexistence of molybdenum anion in aqueous solution. In this study, we performed in-situ time-resolved XAFS measurement in the photoreduction of Pd in presence of various concentration of molybdenum anion. The effect of molybdenum addition on photo-induced particle formation of Pd will be discussed based on the relationship between the photoreduction rate of Pd and the concentration of molybdenum anion.

Continuous extraction and separation of Am(III) and Cm(III) using a highly practical alkyl diamide amine ligand

Suzuki, Hideya; Tsubata, Yasuhiro; Kurosawa, Tatsuya; Sagawa, Hiroshi; Matsumura, Tatsuro

no journal, , 

Alkyl diamide amine (ADAAM), a highly practical reagent with a simple structure, was evaluated for the separation of Am(III) and Cm(III). ADAAM is a multidentate ligand comprising one soft N-donor atom and two hard O-donor atoms as part of its central frame. This tridentate set of donor atoms provide selective binding for Am(III) and Cm(III) in highly acidic media and yield separation factors of up to 5.5. A continuous liquid-liquid extraction and stripping process were performed using ADAAM in n-dodecane as the extractant in a multistage countercurrent mixer-settler extractor. Separation of Am(III) and Cm(III) in very high yield was demonstrated.