Annual report on the effluent control of low level liquid waste in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories FY2023

Kokubun, Yuji; Hosomi, Kenji; Seya, Natsumi; Nagaoka, Mika; Inoue, Kazumi; Koike, Yuko; Hasegawa, Ryo; Kubota, Tomohiro; Hirao, Moe; Iizawa, Shogo; et al.

JAEA-Review 2024-053, 116 Pages, 2025/03

JAEA-Review-2024-053.pdf:3.26MB

Based on the regulations (the safety regulation of Tokai Reprocessing Plant, the safety regulation of nuclear fuel material usage facilities, the radiation safety rule, the regulation about prevention from radiation hazards due to radioisotopes, which are related with the nuclear regulatory acts, the local agreement concerning with safety and environment conservation around nuclear facilities, the water pollution prevention act, and by law of Ibaraki Prefecture), the effluent control of liquid waste discharged from the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories of Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been performed. This report describes the effluent control results of the liquid waste in the fiscal year 2023. In this period, the concentrations and the quantities of the radioactivity in liquid waste discharged from the reprocessing plant, the plutonium fuel fabrication facilities, and the other nuclear fuel material usage facilities were much lower than the limits authorized by the above regulations.

Annual report on the effluent control of low level liquid waste in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories FY2021

Nakada, Akira; Kanai, Katsuta; Kokubun, Yuji; Nagaoka, Mika; Koike, Yuko; Yamada, Ryohei*; Kubota, Tomohiro; Hirao, Moe; Yoshii, Hideki*; Otani, Kazunori*; et al.

JAEA-Review 2022-079, 116 Pages, 2023/03

JAEA-Review-2022-079.pdf:2.77MB

Based on the regulations (the safety regulation of Tokai Reprocessing Plant, the safety regulation of nuclear fuel material usage facilities, the radiation safety rule, the regulation about prevention from radiation hazards due to radioisotopes, which are related with the nuclear regulatory acts, the local agreement concerning with safety and environment conservation around nuclear facilities, the water pollution control law, and by law of Ibaraki Prefecture), the effluent control of liquid waste discharged from the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories of Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been performed. This report describes the effluent control results of the liquid waste in the fiscal year 2021. In this period, the concentrations and the quantities of the radioactivity in liquid waste discharged from the reprocessing plant, the plutonium fuel fabrication facilities, and the other nuclear fuel material usage facilities were much lower than the limits authorized by the above regulations.

Annual report on the effluent control of low level liquid waste in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories FY2019

Nakano, Masanao; Fujii, Tomoko; Nagaoka, Mika; Koike, Yuko; Yamada, Ryohei; Kubota, Tomohiro; Yoshii, Hideki*; Otani, Kazunori*; Hiyama, Yoshinori*; Kikuchi, Masaaki*; et al.

JAEA-Review 2020-070, 120 Pages, 2021/02

JAEA-Review-2020-070.pdf:2.47MB

Based on the regulations (the safety regulation of Tokai Reprocessing Plant, the safety regulation of nuclear fuel material usage facilities, the radiation safety rule, the regulation about prevention from radiation hazards due to radioisotopes, which are related with the nuclear regulatory acts, the local agreement concerning with safety and environment conservation around nuclear facilities, the water pollution control law, and by law of Ibaraki Prefecture), the effluent control of liquid waste discharged from the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories of Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been performed. This report describes the effluent control results of the liquid waste in the fiscal year 2019. In this period, the concentrations and the quantities of the radioactivity in liquid waste discharged from the reprocessing plant, the plutonium fuel fabrication facilities, and the other nuclear fuel material usage facilities were much lower than the limits authorized by the above regulations.

Highly practical and simple ligand for separation of Am(III) and Eu(III) from highly acidic media

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

Analytical Sciences, 32(4), p.477 - 479, 2016/04

https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.32.477

An impeccable, high-performance new reagent called alkyl diamide amine (ADAAM) was examined from the viewpoint of mutual separation of Am(III) and Eu(III). ADAAM has three donor atoms, one soft N-donor atom and two hard O-donor atoms, in the central frame. The combination of soft and hard atoms affords a tridentate donor set of atoms that ensures remarkable extractability and selectivity of Am(III) and Eu(III) in highly acidic media.

An Evaluation method for plastic buckling of cantilever type pipes controlled by displacement loads, 2; Verification of proposal method by buckling test

Ando, Masanori; Tezuka, Taiji*; Nakamura, Toshio*; Okawa, Tomohiro*; Enuma, Yasuhiro*; Kawasaki, Nobuchika; Tsukimori, Kazuyuki

Proceedings of 2011 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (PVP 2011) (CD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2011/07

R&D of MA separation processes for P&T system using ADS, 3; Counter-current continuous extraction tests of MA-Ln recovery process

Urabe, Shunichi; Tsubata, Yasuhiro; Suzuki, Hideya; 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. TDdDGA was performed using a mixer-settler equipment for the development of the separation process for MA. TDdDGA has a high extraction capacity. TDdDGA consists of C, H, O and N atoms (the CHON-principle). In this experiment, the feed solution as simulated HLLW contained fourteen elements. The results of the counter-current test showed that Am was extracted and was recovered in a high yield.

R&D of MA separation processes for P&T system using ADS, 9; Examination of novel extractants for MA/RE separation

Suzuki, Hideya; Yamashita, Kiyoto*; Murayama, Rin*; Ban, Yasutoshi; Shibata, Mitsunobu; Kurosawa, Tatsuya*; Kawasaki, Tomohiro; Sagawa, Hiroshi*; Sasaki, Yuji; Matsumura, Tatsuro

no journal, , 

Hexaalkyl-nitrilotriacetamide (NTAamide) was evaluated for the separation of MA(III) and RE(III). NTAamide is a tetradentate ligand with one soft central N-donor atom and three hard carbonyl O-donor atoms in its skeleton. NTAamide was tested for the removal of MA(III) and RE(III) from HNO into n-dodecane. MA(III) and RE(III) separation was demonstrated with a high yield through the extraction process using NTAamide. This study shows that NTAamide is a highly practical, high-performance extractant for partitioning MA(III) from RE(III).

Solvent extraction process for reprocessing and minor actinides separation using CHON ligands

Matsumura, Tatsuro; Ban, Yasutoshi; Suzuki, Hideya; Tsubata, Yasuhiro; Hotoku, Shinobu; Tsutsui, Nao; Suzuki, Asuka; Toigawa, Tomohiro; Kurosawa, Tatsuya*; Shibata, Mitsunobu*; et al.

no journal, , 

PUREX process was established for industrial scale reprocessing plant. TRUEX and the 4 group separation were developed for partitioning of minor actinides from high level liquid waste from reprocessing process, and demonstrated by the continuous extraction test using genuine high level liquid waste. Although the extractants for reprocessing and MA separation processes, such as tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP), n-octyl(phenyl)-N, N-diisobutylcarbamoylmethylphosphine oxide (CMPO) and diisodecylphosphoric acid (DIDPA), have excellent performance for recovery of U, Pu or MA, the molecules contain phosphorus which could be cause for the secondary waste from the solvent extraction processes. To minimize the radioactive waste from nuclear fuel cycle, we have conducted research and development of the new reprocessing and MA separation processes using innovative extractants in accord with CHON principle.

Research and development of the "SELECT process" for Actinide separation

Matsumura, Tatsuro; Ban, Yasutoshi; Hotoku, Shinobu; Suzuki, Hideya; Tsubata, Yasuhiro; Tsutsui, Nao; Morita, Keisuke; Toigawa, Tomohiro; Shibata, Mitsunobu*; Kurosawa, Tatsuya*; et al.

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Development of a new extraction method for minor actinide separation

Suzuki, Hideya*; Ban, Yasutoshi; Tsubata, Yasuhiro; Hotoku, Shinobu; Tsutsui, Nao; Kurosawa, Tatsuya*; Shibata, Mitsunobu*; Kawasaki, Tomohiro*; Matsumura, Tatsuro

no journal, , 

A highly practical hybrid-type (soft -donor and hard -donor) extractant, which is an alkyldiamideamine (ADAAM), was investigated for the minor actinides (MA) separation. The new process aims at recovering americium (Am) alone from high-level waste liquid (HLLW) using an ADAAM. The principle of the process is based on the extraction of Am together with light lanthanides (La, Ce, Pr and Nd) and Mo having close values of distribution ratio, while curium, other lanthanides, and other fission products remain in the aqueous phase. The Am was subsequently selectively stripped from the light lanthanides and Mo using mixed solution (DTPA, malonic acid and ammonium nitrate). As a result, Am was directly separated from the simulated HLLW with high yield (95%).