Dissolution and chemical analysis of Zr-based lanthanide nitrides

Hayashi, Hirokazu; Chiba, Rikiya*

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 5, p.196 - 199, 2018/11

https://doi.org/10.15669/pnst.5.196

Uranium-free nitride fuel has been chosen as the first candidate for transmutation of long-lived minor actinides (MA: Np, Am, Cm) using sub-critical accelerator-driven system (ADS) under the double strata fuel cycle concept by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). Dissolution behavior of ZrN-based nitrides in nitric acid is examined using lanthanides as surrogate materials of TRU elements. Chemical analysis of the ZrN-based lanthanide nitrides dissolved in nitric acid is also carried out.