Development of fluorinated ligands for uranium recovery from radioactive liquid waste

荒井 陽一; 後藤 泰裕; 渡部 創; 吾郷 友宏*; 新井 剛*; 勝木 健太*; 福元 博基*; 保科 宏行*; 瀬古 典明*

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 8, p.329 - 332, 2025/09

https://doi.org/10.15669/pnst.8.329

Radioactive liquid waste containing nuclear fuel materials and chemical reagents is stored in nuclear facilities. To eliminate the radioactivity of the radioactive liquid waste, we developed RFIDA, a new perfluoroalkyl (RF)-based ligand with a basic structure of iminodiacetic acid (IDA). In this study, an adsorption test was conducted by impregnating RFIDA into porous silica with a polymer was conducted to confirm that the synthesized RFIDA adsorbs cations. The results confirmed that RFIDA exhibits the ability to adsorb or elute uranium depending on the nitric acid concentration.

Adsorption mechanism of Eu onto newly synthesized fluorous-compound-impregnating adsorbent

荒井 陽一; 渡部 創; 渡部 雅之; 新井 剛*; 勝木 健太*; 吾郷 友宏*; 藤川 寿治*; 武田 啓佑*; 福元 博基*; 保科 宏行*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 554, p.165448_1 - 165448_10, 2024/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2024.165448

Radioactive aqueous and organic liquid wastes contaminated by U and radioactive materials have been generated through solvent extraction experiments on nuclear fuel materials. Although incineration and denitrification / conversion processes are promising for treatment of such liquid wastes, installation of large equipment is essential. Treatment of liquid wastes generated from the reprocessing experiments is one of important tasks of Systematic Treatments of RAdioactive liquid wastes for Decommissioning (STRAD) project, and the recovery technologies of nuclear materials from the spent solvent has been developed. However, recovery of trace amounts of nuclear fuel material from aqueous solutions with wide pH range is still a challenging task. In our previous study, the porous silica particles with a high specific surface area bearing the iminodiacetic acid (IDA) functional group were revealed to be applicable to recover cations. Although the IDA group introduced adsorbents showed an excellent adsorption reaction from the aqueous solution, further improvement related to the adsorption amount is indispensable for application to the radioactive liquid treatment. In this study, fluorous ligands with IDA group were newly synthesized, and its complexation behavior with cations was investigated in order to understand the adsorption mechanism.

Development of a process for the separation of MA(III) from Ln(III) fission products using HONTA impregnated adsorbent

久保田 真彦*; Kim, S.-Y.*; Wu, H.*; 渡部 創; 佐野 雄一; 竹内 正行; 新井 剛*

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 333(5), p.2413 - 2420, 2024/05

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-024-09471-0

To minimize the use of organic solvents and achieve a selective adsorption separation of minor actinides (MA(III)) and Ln(III), adsorbents consisting of SiO-P particles impregnated with hexaoctylnitrilotriacetamide (HONTA) were prepared. Batch experiments were performed to evaluate the adsorption properties of the HONTA/SiO-P adsorbent for MA(III) and simulated fission products in HNOsolution. The uniform distribution of Eu(III) on the adsorbent was confirmed via particle induced X-ray emission analysis, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed that EuNO was the adsorbed species. This study provides a simplified process for the separation of MA(III) using a HONTA/SiO-P packed column.

Eu(III) transfer in single -tetraoctyldiglycolamide-impregnated polymer-coated silica particle using fluorescence microspectroscopy; Transfer mechanism and effect of polymer crosslinking degree

宮川 晃尚*; 高橋 拓海*; 崩 愛昌*; 岩本 響*; 新井 剛*; 長友 重紀*; 渡部 創; 佐野 雄一; 中谷 清治*

Analytical Sciences, 39(11), p.1929 - 1936, 2023/11

https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-023-00402-9

本研究では、単一のジグリコールアミド誘導体抽出剤(TODGA)を含浸させたポリマー被覆シリカ粒子におけるEu(III)分布を明らかにした。Eu(III)とポリマー層中の2つのTODGA分子との反応が律速過程であることが、速度定数(k and k)とEu(III)とHNOの濃度との間に相関がないことから明らかとなった。

Competitive distribution of europium and samarium based on reaction rate-limiting process in nitrilotriacetamide extractant-impregnated polymer-coated silica particles

宮川 晃尚*; 林 直輝*; 岩本 響*; 新井 剛*; 長友 重紀*; 宮崎 康典; 長谷川 健太; 佐野 雄一; 中谷 清治*

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 96(9), p.1019 - 1025, 2023/09

https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.20230142

本研究では、ニトリロトリアセトアミド(NTA)抽出液を含浸させたポリマーコートシリカ単粒子において、Eu(III)とSm(III)のこれらのイオンを含む溶液中での物質移動機構を明らかにした。質量移動の律速過程は、NOイオンが関与しないイオンとNTA分子の反応過程であり、これは単一イオン分配系で得られたものと一致した。

Improvement in the elution performance of an N,N,N',N-tetraoctyl diglycolamide impregnated extraction chromatography adsorbent using neodymium via micro-particle-induced X-ray emission analysis

高畠 容子; 渡部 創; 新井 剛*; 佐藤 隆博*; 柴田 淳広

Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 196, p.110783_1 - 110783_5, 2023/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110783

An adsorbent used for the recovery of trivalent minor actinides (MA(III); Am and Cm) from high level liquid waste generated from reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel was subjected to micro-PIXE analysis to improve its elution performance. The experimental adsorbent comprised SiO particles, a polymer coating, and an TODGA. The particles to be analyzed were subjected to Nd adsorption and an elution operation, but Nd in the adsorbent was found to be uniformly distributed. This might have been caused by individual differences in the amount of impregnated TODGA. The remaining Nd species were not localized to a specific part of the adsorbent after the adsorption operation. Some Nd elements were retained in the adsorbent after elution, probably because of the poor diffusion of the mobile phase inside the adsorbent. An adsorbent having a different microstructure from the first was then evaluated, and rapid elution was observed on new adsorbent along micro-PIXE analysis

Hybrid process combining solvent extraction / low pressure loss extraction chromatography for a reasonable MA(III) recovery process

佐野 雄一; 坂本 淳志; 宮崎 康典; 渡部 創; 森田 圭介; 江森 達也; 伴 康俊; 新井 剛*; 中谷 清治*; 松浦 治明*; et al.

Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Cycle; Sustainable Energy Beyond the Pandemic (GLOBAL 2022) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2022/07

TBPを利用した溶媒抽出法によるMA(III)+Ln(III)共回収フローシート及び低圧損操作が可能な大粒径多孔質シリカ担体を使用したHONTA含浸吸着材を用いた擬似移動層型クロマトグラフィによるMA(III)/Ln(III)分離フローシートを組み合わせたハイブリッド型のMA(III)回収プロセスを開発した。

Development of MA separation process with TEHDGA/SiO-P for an advanced reprocessing

堀内 勇輔; 渡部 創; 佐野 雄一; 竹内 正行; 木田 福香*; 新井 剛*

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 330(1), p.237 - 244, 2021/10

AA2021-0174.pdf:1.7MB

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07940-4

抽出クロマトグラフィ法を採用した高レベル放射性廃液からのMA分離技術の構築のためにTEHDGA吸着材の適用性をバッチ式吸着およびカラム試験により評価した。バッチ式吸着試験の結果より、TEHDGA吸着材はTODGA吸着材と比較すると核分裂生成物の除染性能が優れていることが確認された。さらにカラム試験の結果より、TEHDGA吸着材から希土類元素の全量溶離が確認されたためTEHDGAは吸着材としても性能は十分に発揮され、プロセスへの適用が期待できる。

Quantitative analysis of Zr adsorbed on IDA chelating resin using Micro-PIXE

荒井 陽一; 渡部 創; 大野 真平; 野村 和則; 中村 文也*; 新井 剛*; 瀬古 典明*; 保科 宏行*; 久保田 俊夫*

QST-M-23; QST Takasaki Annual Report 2018, P. 59, 2020/03

https://repo.qst.go.jp/records/79251

Radioactive spent solvent waste contains U and Pu is generated from reprocessing process of spent nuclear fuel. The nuclear materials should be removed from the solvent for safety storage or disposal. We are focusing on the nuclear materials recovery from spent solvent using imino diacetic acid (IDA) type chelating resin as a promising method. In order to reveal adsorbed amount of Zr, which is simulated of Pu, Micro-Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) was carried out. Micro-PIXE analysis succeeded in quantitative analysis on trace amount of adsorbed Zr from simulated spent solvent.

STRAD project for systematic treatments of radioactive liquid wastes generated in nuclear facilities

渡部 創; 小木 浩通*; 荒井 陽一; 粟飯原 はるか; 高畠 容子; 柴田 淳広; 野村 和則; 神谷 裕一*; 浅沼 徳子*; 松浦 治明*; et al.

Progress in Nuclear Energy, 117, p.103090_1 - 103090_8, 2019/11

AA2019-0193.pdf:1.29MB

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2019.103090

A new collaborative research project for systematic treatments of radioactive liquid wastes containing various reagents generating in nuclear facilities was started from 2018 initiated by Japan Atomic Energy Agency. The project was named as STRAD (Systematic Treatments of RAdioactive liquid wastes for Decommissioning) project. Tentative targets to be studied under the project are aqueous and organic liquid wastes which have been generated by experiments and analyses in a reprocessing experimental laboratory of JAEA. Currently fundamental studies for treatments of the liquid wastes with complicated compositions are underway. In the STRAD project, process flow for treatment of ammonium ion involved in aqueous waste was designed though the inactive experiments, and decomposition of ammonium ion using catalysis will be carried out soon. Adsorbents for recovery of U and Pu from spent solvent were also developed. Demonstration experiments on genuine spent solvent is under planning.