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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
被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.00(Instruments & Instrumentation)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.
榎本 一之*; 保科 宏行*; 笠井 昇*; 栗田 圭輔; 植木 悠二*; 長尾 悠人*; 尹 永根*; 鈴井 伸郎*; 河地 有木*; 瀬古 典明*
Chemical Engineering Journal, 460, p.141696_1 - 141696_9, 2023/03
被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:17.12(Engineering, Environmental)本研究では、モリブドリン酸アンモニウム(AMP)を放射線グラフト重合した繊維状のCs吸着フィルターとCe:GdAlGaOシンチレータを用いた線検出器を組み合わせて、連続水流中のCsの放射能濃度をその場で測定する方法を開発した。
林 菜月*; 松村 大樹; 保科 宏行*; 植木 悠二*; 辻 卓也; Chen, J.*; 瀬古 典明*
Separation and Purification Technology, 277, p.119536_1 - 119536_8, 2021/12
被引用回数:20 パーセンタイル:69.29(Engineering, Chemical)To develop a safe and simple method for the reduction of toxic chromium(VI) to the less harmful chromium(III), we proposed using radiation-induced graft polymerization. This method allows for any functional group to be introduced into conventional polymeric materials. Herein, we synthesized a fibrous adsorbent with amidoxime functional groups that have a high affinity for chromium, and investigated the changes in the chromium valence state over time in the amidoxime-grafted adsorbent. In situ X-ray absorption fine structure analysis revealed that most of the chromium(VI) was reduced to chromium(III) relatively early during the adsorption process, followed by gradual changes in the bonding structure of the amidoxime-chromium complex. It is expected to contribute to the development of practical technologies for wastewater treatment.
鈴井 伸郎*; 柴田 卓弥; 尹 永根*; 船木 善仁*; 栗田 圭輔; 保科 宏行*; 山口 充孝*; 藤巻 秀*; 瀬古 典明*; 渡部 浩司*; et al.
Scientific Reports (Internet), 10, p.16155_1 - 16155_9, 2020/10
被引用回数:2 パーセンタイル:20.42(Multidisciplinary Sciences)Visualizing the dynamics of cesium (Cs) is desirable to understand the impact of radiocesium when accidentally ingested or inhaled by humans. The positron-emitting nuclide Cs was produced using the I (, 4n) Cs reaction, which was induced by irradiation of sodium iodide with a He beam from a cyclotron. We excluded sodium ions by using a material that specifically adsorbs Cs as a purification column and successfully eluted Cs by flowing a solution of ammonium sulfate into the column. We injected the purified Cs tracer solution into living rats and the dynamics of Cs were visualized using positron emission tomography; the distributional images showed the same tendency as the results of previous studies using disruptive methods. Thus, this method is useful for the non-invasive investigation of radiocesium in a living animal.
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*; 羽倉 尚人*; 久保田 俊夫*
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 477, p.54 - 59, 2020/08
被引用回数:7 パーセンタイル:60.47(Instruments & Instrumentation)Used PUREX process solvent generated from reprocessing process of spent nuclear fuel contains a small amount of U and Pu complexed with tributyl phosphate (TBP) or dibutyl phosphate (DBP). The radioactive nuclides should be removed from the solvent for safety storage or disposal. The iminodiacetic acid (IDA) type chelating resin was proposed as promising procedures for efficient recovery of the trapped cations in the solvent. In order to reveal the distribution and amount of Zr in the particle and local structure of Zr complex formed in the adsorbent, PIXE and EXAFS analyses on the Zr adsorbed chelating resin were carried out. Micro-PIXE analysis proved that it is an effectual method for quantitative analysis of trace adsorbed elements. Moreover, some of the adsorption sites were possibly occupied by the molecules. On the other hand, Zr-K edge EXAFS analysis suggested that extraction mechanism of Zr from the aqueous solution and the solvent was different.
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
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.
荒井 陽一; 渡部 創; 大野 真平; 中村 雅弘; 柴田 淳広; 中村 文也*; 新井 剛*; 瀬古 典明*; 保科 宏行*; 羽倉 尚人*; et al.
International Journal of PIXE, 29(1&2), p.17 - 31, 2019/00
PUREX再処理等の試験研究により、U, Puを含む廃溶媒が発生し、安全な保管や廃棄の観点から、廃溶媒からの核燃料物質の回収は重要なプロセスである。そこで、Pu(IV)の模擬としてZr(IV)を用いて模擬廃溶媒を調製し、固体吸着材による回収法を検討し、イミノ二酢酸を導入した吸着材が廃溶媒中からの核燃料物質回収に有効であるとの結果を得ている。実用化に向けては吸着量の向上が課題であったことから、イミノ二酢酸の導入量を増加させるためにポリマーを被覆した多孔質シリカの利用を検討し、そのポリマーにイミノ二酢酸を導入することで吸着材を合成した。合成した吸着材について、廃溶媒処理への適用性を評価するためには、吸着能力と吸着メカニズムを明らかにする必要がある。そこで、微量元素の測定が可能であるマイクロPIXE分析に着目し、吸着したZrの分布や量を測定することで、吸着材に導入したイミノ二酢酸基の利用効率を評価した。また、吸着材中のイミノ二酢酸に吸着したZr周りの局所構造を明らかとするためにEXAFS分析を実施した。それぞれの分析結果から、本件で合成した吸着材は溶媒中でもZrと吸着反応を示すことを確認したが、沈殿と推察される粒子が観察され、吸着材の合成方法の更なる改善が必要である。
瀬古 典明*; 保科 宏行*; 笠井 昇*; 柴田 卓弥; 佐伯 誠一*; 植木 悠二*
Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 143, p.33 - 37, 2018/02
被引用回数:17 パーセンタイル:84.04(Chemistry, Physical)Six years after the Fukushima-nuclear accident, the dissolved radioactive cesium (Cs) is now hardly detected inenvironmental natural waters. These natural waters are directly used as source of drinking and domestic waters in disaster-stricken areas in Fukushima. However, the possibility that some radioactive Cs adsorbed on soil or leaves will contaminate these natural waters during heavy rains or typhoon is always present. In order for the returning residents to live with peace of mind, it is important to demonstrate the safety of the domestic waters that they will use for their daily life. For this purpose, we have synthesized a material for selective removal of radioactive Cs by introducing ammonium 12-molybdophosphate (AMP) onto polyethylene nonwoven fabric through radiation-induced emulsion graft polymerization technique. Water purifiers filled with the grafted Csadsorbent were installed in selected houses in Fukushima. The capability of the grafted adsorbent to remove Cs from domestic waters was evaluated for a whole year. The results showed that the tap water filtered through the developed water purifier contained no radioactive Cs, signifying the very effective adsorption performance of thedeveloped grafted adsorbent. From several demonstrations, we have commercialized the water purifier named "KranCsair".
柴田 卓弥; 瀬古 典明; 天田 春代; 笠井 昇; 佐伯 誠一; 保科 宏行; 植木 悠二
Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 119, p.247 - 252, 2016/02
被引用回数:13 パーセンタイル:75.00(Chemistry, Physical)A fibrous adsorbent for radioactive cesium (Cs) removal has been developed by radiation induced graft polymerization. To apply the developed adsorbent to drinking water, the stability of adsorbent having high affinity for Cs ligand, ammonium 12-molybdophosphate (AMP), was evaluated. As a result, since a crosslinking structure was introduced onto the grafted AMP, it could be successfully satisfied the regulation of Food Sanitation Act. Finally, the Cs adsorbent was commercialized as water purifier named by "KranCsairtextregistered".
瀬古 典明; 柴田 卓弥; 笠井 昇; 植木 悠二; 佐伯 誠一; 保科 宏行
放射線と産業, (138), p.9 - 12, 2015/06
福島の原子力発電所災害以降、環境資源材料研究グループでは環境中の水域に飛散した放射性物質のうち、特にセシウムに対して効果のある捕集材料の開発を進めてきた。これまでの実績から水に対して接触効率が良好で、取り扱いの簡便な不織布繊維を基材に用い、これにセシウムに対して親和性のある吸着基を量子ビーム技術を活用した放射線グラフト重合技術により導入した。材料の評価では、福島被災地の各所で実施したフィールドテストで評価を重ね、最終的には井戸水, 沢水を対象にした飲用水向けのモニター試験を進め、その良好な結果から給水器の発売に繋げた経緯について紹介する。
柴田 卓弥; 瀬古 典明; 笠井 昇; 保科 宏行; 植木 悠二
International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 5(2), p.100 - 107, 2015/06
To obtain the safety of drinking water, an antibacterial material was prepared by loading Ag onto fibrous iminodiacetate (IDA) adsorbent, which was synthesized by radiation induced graft polymerization of a glycidyl methacrylate and subsequent chemical modification of the produced epoxy group to an IDA group(IDA-Ag). A total amount of loaded Ag on the IDA-Ag fabric was 0.4 mmol-Ag/g-fabric. As a result of evaluating antibacterial effects by the column mode water flow test with a stream water, the effective Ag concentration was monitored 0.05 ppm at irrespective of flow rate which was functioned to the antibacterial performance. The antibacterial effects for general bacteria were indicated until BV (BV: steam water volume/IDA-Ag fabric volume) 6,000, and for colitis germ legions were completely disinfected until BV 6,000.
柴田 卓弥; 瀬古 典明; 天田 春代; 笠井 昇; 佐伯 誠一; 保科 宏行; 植木 悠二
日本イオン交換学会誌, 26(1), p.9 - 14, 2015/01
It is important task for recovering of Cs from the contaminated area caused by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. We developed a highly efficient Cs adsorbent by radiation grafting of ammonium 12-molybdophosphate (AMP) and crosslinking of grafted chains with a suitable crosslinker at the same time. As a result of the optimizaion, the Cs adsorbent with 1 mol% of polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate satisfied the specification as a water purifier. The resultant grafted Cs adsorbent could work to maintain the highly performance of Cs removal in the standard pH range for drinking water (from pH 5.8 to 8.6) and even in the presence of coexisting ions such as K, Ca, Mg, and Na.
天田 春代; 高橋 牧克*; 保科 宏行; 瀬古 典明
日本イオン交換学会誌, 25(4), p.109 - 113, 2014/11
A large amount of arsenic waste solution which was dissolved in neutral aqueous media, was generated from the manufacturing process of gallium arsenide component in semiconductor industry. As for arsenic removal, an adsorbent was developed by radiation graft polymerization and subsequent chemical modification with N-methyl-D-glucamine (NMDG) as a functional group. Furthermore, the grafting and the modification were carried out using water based solvent instead of organic solvent in view of an environmental emission and a working environment. The solvents were comprised of water and surfactant, and the adsorption performances compared with a conventional method synthesized in 1,4-dioxane of organic solvent. Total amount of arsenic for arsenic(III) and arsenic(V) at pH 6.5 were 3.2 times and 2.1 times higher than our previous fibrous adsorbent. From the pH dependency studies, the developed grafted adsorbent gave high removal ratio in a neutral media area for both arsenic species. Breakthrough capacities in the column mode tests for arsenic(III) and arsenic(V) were 0.3 and 18 mg/g at pH 6.5, respectively.
佐伯 誠一; 柴田 卓弥; 保科 宏行; 植木 悠二; 笠井 昇; 瀬古 典明
日本イオン交換学会誌, 25(4), p.170 - 175, 2014/11
After Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accidents, a lot of contaminated wastes have been produced by decontamination works at contaminated areas around Fukushima prefecture, Japan. At some temporary storage sites, it was found that contaminated leaching water was accumulated under stacks of contaminated "plant" wastes. To handle the wastes and the solution properly, decontamination tests of the leaching water were examined with molybdophosphate type cesium adsorbents synthesized by radiation-induced grafting method. At batch adsorption tests, 75% of radioactive cesium was successfully removed with cesium adsorbents. At column adsorption tests, radioactivity concentration of the leaching water could be reduced under provisional limit value up to around 500 times volume as large as an adsorbent volume. For development of volume reduction method of contaminated plant wastes, radioactive cesium extraction tests from the wastes and removal tests from the extracts were executed using contaminated oil cakes of sunflower seeds as a model of contaminated plant wastes. As a result, 65% of radioactive cesium was successfully extracted from the oil cakes to liquid phase, and more than 65% of radioactive cesium could be collected from the extract by grafted cesium adsorbents. These results showed a possibility of an application of these processes to volume reduction method for contaminated plant wastes.
保科 宏行; 笠井 昇; 天田 春代; 高橋 牧克*; 田中 和也*; 瀬古 典明
日本イオン交換学会誌, 25(4), p.248 - 251, 2014/11
An adsorbent for Scandium (Sc) recovery was developed with radiation-induced graft polymerization of phosphoric acids that have a high affinity for Sc onto polyethylene fabrics. The adsorption performance of Sc was evaluated with the Sc adsorption equipment, consisting of 155 mm internal diameter columns and a pump that were set up near Yukawa River in Kusatsu town. To achieve a practical use of Sc recovery, the adsorbent requires repeated use with maintaining its efficiency in terms of cost reduction. So, the reusability of the adsorbent was investigated by repeating adsorption and elution. The breakthrough curves of Sc adsorption showed similar behavior in all tests. The adsorbed Sc from the 19th adsorption test was 56 mg, which was comparable capacity to the average amount of the adsorbed Sc during the 19 tests. These results indicated that the adsorbent was used more than 19 times with maintaining high adsorption performance of Sc.
林 菜月*; 保科 宏行; 天田 春代; 山延 健*; 瀬古 典明
日本イオン交換学会誌, 25(4), p.105 - 108, 2014/11
A fibrous phosphoric acid adsorbents for scandium were synthesized by radiation graft polymerization of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), subsequent chemical modification, and direct grafting with a phosphoric monomer having both vinyl and phosphoric groups onto a polypropylene coated by polyethylene nonwoven fabric. The resultant grafted fibrous phosphoric acid adsorbent (HMP-g) having long side grafted chains has high affinity for scandium (Sc) ions even under the coexistence with Fe ion. The breakthrough capacity for Sc of 0.5 ppm with Fe coexistence was 10.9 mol-Sc per kg-adsorbent for the GMA derivative phosphoric adsorbent, and 17.8 mol-Sc per kg-adsorbent for HMP-g, respectively.
保科 宏行; 植木 悠二; 佐伯 誠一; 瀬古 典明
International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 4(3), p.195 - 200, 2014/09
2-Ethylhexyl hydrogen-2-ethylhexylphosphonate (EHEP) is commonly used as a metal extractant because it has a particular affinity for rare-earth metals like Scandium (Sc). To develop a highly-selective polymeric adsorbent of Sc(III), EHEP was introduced as a functional group onto a polyethylene fabric with radiation-induced graft polymerization (RIGP). The adsorption performances for Sc(III) were evaluated in aqueous solutions containing Sc(III) and Fe(III) by a column test. The adsorption capacities of Sc(III) and Fe(III) until the bed volume reached 5000 were 5.22 and 0.12 mg/g, respectively. The adsorbents showed 44 times higher Sc(III) adsorption capacity than that of Fe(III). These results indicated that the grafted adsorbent containing EHEP had an extremely high selectivity for Sc(III) adsorption.
植木 悠二; 佐伯 誠一; 柴田 卓弥; 保科 宏行; 笠井 昇; 瀬古 典明
International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 4(2), p.91 - 105, 2014/06
第4級アミン基を有する繊維状グラフト重合体は、高性能なバイオディーゼル燃料(BDF)製造用触媒として機能する。本研究では、効率的なBDF製造を可能とする繊維状グラフト重合体、及び、エステル交換反応条件の最適化を実施した。触媒性能は、トリグリセリド(TG)とエタノール(EtOH)とのバッチ式エステル交換反応により評価した。触媒に導入する最適アミノ基はトリメチルアミンであり、最適グラフト率は170%であった。エステル交換反応における各要素の最適条件を検討した結果、アミン基導入量は0.8mmol、反応温度は80C、TGとEtOHの混合比率は1:200、アルコールは1-ペンタノールでることを見出した。また、本触媒は天然油脂を出発原料とするBDF製造にも適用可能であった。更に、有機酸処理、アルカリ処理、アルコール処理を順次実施することにより、失活した触媒の活性を初期値まで回復させることに成功した。
笠井 昇; 岩撫 暁生; 植木 悠二; 佐伯 誠一; 保科 宏行; 瀬古 典明
JAEA-Technology 2013-046, 25 Pages, 2014/02
放射線グラフト重合法を適用して、セシウムに対して親和性が高い、リンモリブデン酸アンモニウムを担持した吸着材を開発した。実験室レベルで最適化した吸着材の作製条件をもとに150倍程度スケールアップしたベンチスケール規模の重合装置により、実験室規模の1,000倍量に相当する吸着材を作製し、実験室で作製したものと性能を比較評価した。また、作製した吸着材を用いて環境水中に溶存している放射性セシウムの吸着性能評価を福島県内でフィールド試験により行った。重合装置により得られた吸着材は、1ppmの安定性セシウムの水溶液を用いた吸着試験で、90%以上の吸着率を示した。また、吸着材を筒状のカラムに充填した吸着容量評価試験より、吸着材体積の3,000倍量の汚染水中のセシウムを吸着できることが分かった。さらに、福島県内で実施したフィールド試験では、水中に溶存する放射性セシウムを検出限界値以下まで除去できることを明らかにした。
Ma, H.*; Chi, H.*; Wu, J.*; Wang, M.*; Li, J.*; 保科 宏行; 佐伯 誠一; 瀬古 典明
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 5(17), p.8761 - 8765, 2013/09
被引用回数:14 パーセンタイル:41.95(Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)Gold nanostructured microtubes (AuNMTs) are prepared using a tertiary amine group-functionalized polyethylene (PE)-coated polypropylene (PP) nonwoven fabric as a ligand, a reductant, and a template, which takes advantage of the different radiation effects of PE and PP. The Au(III) ions are absorbed and reduced only in the PE layer to form the aggregation of gold nanoparticles; thus, AuNMTs are obtained after the calcination.