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Hayashi, Hirokazu; Shibata, Hiroki; Sato, Takumi; Otobe, Haruyoshi
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 8 Pages, 2023/00
Times Cited Count:0The formation of MPd (M = Gd, Np) by the reaction of MN with Pd at 1323 K in Ar gas flow was observed. Cubic AuCu
-type GdPd
(
= 0.4081
0.0001 nm) and NpPd
(
= 0.4081
0.0001 nm) were identified, respectively. The product obtained from the reaction of NpN with Pd contained additional phases including the hexagonal TiNi
-type NpPd
. Chlorination of the MPd
(M = Gd, Np) samples was accomplished by the solid-state reaction using cadmium chloride at 673 K in a dynamic vacuum. Pd-rich solid solution phase saturated with Cd and an intermetallic compound PdCd were obtained as by-products of MCl
formation.
Hagiwara, Hiroki; Kondo, Keietsu; Hidaka, Akihide
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 331(12), p.5905 - 5914, 2022/12
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:71.47(Chemistry, Analytical)Akuzawa, Tadashi*; Kim, S.-Y.*; Kubota, Masahiko*; Wu, H.*; Watanabe, So; Sano, Yuichi; Takeuchi, Masayuki; Arai, Tsuyoshi*
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 331(12), p.5851 - 5858, 2022/12
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.01(Chemistry, Analytical)Liu, J.; Dotsuta, Yuma; Sumita, Takehiro; Kitagaki, Toru; Onuki, Toshihiko; Kozai, Naofumi
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 331(6), p.2785 - 2794, 2022/06
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:0.01(Chemistry, Analytical)Remnant nuclear fuel debris in the damaged nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) has contacted the groundwater containing microorganisms for over ten years. Herein, we report the possibility of bacterial alteration of fuel debris. We investigated the physical and chemical changes of fuel debris simulants (FDS) in the powder and pellet forms via exposure to two ubiquitous bacteria, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis. In the experiments using FDS composed of the powders of Fe(0), solid solution of CeO and ZrO
, and SiO
, Ce, Zr, and Si were hardly dissolved, while Fe was dissolved, a fraction of the dissolved Fe was present in the liquid phase as Fe(II) and Fe(III), and the rest was precipitated as the nano-sized particles of iron (hydr)oxides. In the experiment using P. fluorescens and FDS pellet pieces prepared by melting the Fe(0) particles and solid solution of CeO
and ZrO
, the bacteria selectively gathered on the Fe(0) particle surface and made corrosion pits. These results suggest that bacteria in groundwater corrode the iron in fuel debris at FDNPP, change fuel debris into porous one, releasing the nano-sized iron (hydr)oxide particles into the water.
Tanaka, Kazuya; Tani, Yukinori*; Kozai, Naofumi; Onuki, Toshihiko
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 331(2), p.1109 - 1114, 2022/02
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.01(Chemistry, Analytical)We investigated the sorption of Pu(IV) on biogenic Mn oxide produced by Mn(II)-oxidizing fungus. The sorption of Pu(IV) on biogenic Mn oxide was similar to that of U(VI) and different from that of Th(IV), possibly due to oxidation of Pu(IV) to Pu(VI). When Pu(IV) was sorbed on hyphae only, it was desorbed into the solution phase over time. Pu(IV) could be solubilized by complexation with organic ligands secreted by fungal cells. In particular, Pu(IV) desorption was observed under circumneutral pH conditions.
Hagiwara, Hiroki; Funaki, Hironori; Shiribiki, Natsu*; Kanno, Marina*; Sanada, Yukihisa
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 331(1), p.415 - 426, 2022/01
Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:68.44(Chemistry, Analytical)Kawabata, Masako*; Motoishi, Shoji*; Ota, Akio*; Motomura, Arata*; Saeki, Hideya*; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Hashimoto, Shintaro; Iwamoto, Nobuyuki; Nagai, Yasuki*; Hashimoto, Kazuyuki*
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 330(3), p.913 - 922, 2021/12
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:30.57(Chemistry, Analytical)Both Cu and
Cu are promising radionuclides in nuclear medicine. Production yields of these radionuclides were quantified by irradiating 55.4 g of natural zinc with accelerator neutrons. Clinically suitable
Cu and
Cu yields were estimated by experimental based numerical simulations using 100 g of enriched
Zn and
Zn, respectively, and elevated neutron fluxes from 40 MeV, 2 mA deuterons. A combined thermal- and resin-separation method was developed to isolate
Cu and
Cu from zinc, resulting in 73% separation efficiency and 97% zinc recovery. Such methods can provide large scale production of
Cu and
Cu for clinical applications.
Ishidera, Takamitsu
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 330(1), p.149 - 158, 2021/10
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.01(Chemistry, Analytical)Horiuchi, Yusuke; Watanabe, So; Sano, Yuichi; Takeuchi, Masayuki; Kida, Fukuka*; Arai, Tsuyoshi*
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 330(1), p.237 - 244, 2021/10
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:30.57(Chemistry, Analytical)Applicability of tetra2-ehylhexyl diglycolamide (TEHDGA) impregnated adsorbent for minor actinide (MA) recovery from high level liquid waste (HLLW) in extraction chromatography technology was investigated through batch-wise adsorption and column separation experiments. Distribution ratio of representative fission product elements were obtained by the batch-wise experiments, and TEHDGA adsorbent was shown to be preferable to TODGA adsorbent for decontamination of several species. All Ln(III) supplied into the TEHDGA adsorbent packed column was properly eluted from the column, and the applicability of the adsorbent was successfully showed by this study.
Fukasawa, Yuto*; Kaneko, Masashi; Nakashima, Satoru*
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 329(1), p.77 - 84, 2021/07
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:30.57(Chemistry, Analytical)Density functional theory calculations were applied to understand the selectivity between Am and Eu
ions with the crown ethers type ligands. 18C6 is predicted to form the most stable complex with Eu
and show the higher stability for Am
over Eu
, being consistent with previously reported Am
/Eu
selectivity. We modeled N- and S-donor complexes by using framework of 18C6 complex and analyzed the complexation Gibbs energies, indicating that 18C6 with N-donor atoms is suitable for both complexation and higher Am
stability over Eu
due to the stronger covalent interaction.
Nakanishi, Takahiro; Funaki, Hironori; Sakuma, Kazuyuki
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 328(3), p.1243 - 1251, 2021/06
Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:53.86(Chemistry, Analytical)To confirm factors affecting Cs concentration in river water after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, this study conducted monthly observations of nine rivers near the FDNPP from April 2017 to March 2018 under base-flow conditions. The annual mean dissolved and particulate
Cs concentrations correlated well with the mean
Cs deposition in the catchment. The normalized
Cs concentrations in both phases by dividing by the mean
Cs deposition in the catchment showed significant negative correlations with the
Cs deposition ratio for forests. The inflow from the downstream plain areas increased the
Cs concentrations near the FDNPP.
Suzuki, Daisuke; Tomita, Ryohei; Tomita, Jumpei; Esaka, Fumitaka; Yasuda, Kenichiro; Miyamoto, Yutaka
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 328(1), p.103 - 111, 2021/04
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:30.57(Chemistry, Analytical)An analytical technique was developed to determine the age of uranium particles for safeguards. After the chemical separation of uranium and thorium, the Th/
U ratio was measured using single-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and a
U-based reference material comprising a certain amount of
Th as a progeny nuclide of
U. The results allowed us to determine the purification age of two certified materials, i.e., U-850 and U-100, which was in good agreement with the reference purification age (61 y). Moreover, the age of a single U-850 particle was determined with a difference of -28 to 2 years from the reference date.
Fujita, Yoshitaka; Seki, Misaki; Sano, Tadafumi*; Fujihara, Yasuyuki*; Kitagawa, Tomoya*; Matsukura, Minoru*; Hori, Junichi*; Suzuki, Tatsuya*; Tsuchiya, Kunihiko
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 327(3), p.1355 - 1363, 2021/03
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:30.57(Chemistry, Analytical)We prepared three types of AlO
with different surface structures and investigated
Mo-adsorption/
Tc-elution properties using [
Mo]MoO
that was irradiated in the Kyoto University Research Reactor. Al
O
adsorbed [
Mo]molybdate ions in solutions at different pH; the lower was the pH, the higher was the Mo-adsorption capacity of Al
O
. The
Tc-elution properties of molybdate ion adsorbed Al
O
were elucidated by flowing saline. Consequently, it was suggested that
Mo-adsorption/desorption properties are affected by the specific surface of Al
O
and
Tc-elution properties are affected by the crystal structure of Al
O
.
Kitamura, Akira; Yoshida, Yasushi*
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 327(2), p.839 - 845, 2021/02
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:53.86(Chemistry, Analytical)Thermodynamic data for radium for radioactive waste management have been predicted using an electrostatic model and correlation with the ionic radii of the alkaline earth metals. Estimation of the standard Gibbs free energy of formation and standard molar entropy of aqueous radium species and compounds has been based on such approaches as extrapolation of the thermodynamic properties of strontium and barium, and use of a model of ion pair formation. The predicted thermodynamic data for radium have been compared with previously reported values.
Yamamoto, Masahiko; Do, V. K.; Taguchi, Shigeo; Kuno, Takehiko; Takamura, Yuzuru*
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 327(1), p.433 - 444, 2021/01
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.01(Chemistry, Analytical)A simple, practical, and reliable analytical method for determination of Na, K, Ca, Sr, and Ba by liquid electrode plasma optical emission spectrometry is developed. Appropriate emission lines for quantification, interferences from co-existing elements, and effect of measurement conditions with cell damage have been investigated. The spike and recovery tests using actual sample have been performed for method validation, and negligible sample matrix effect has been observed. Consequently, the method is successfully applied to several radioactive wastes. The obtained data have been agreed well with data from computer calculation and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry within 10% difference.
Matsumiya, Masahiko*; Tsuchida, Yusuke*; Sasaki, Yuji; Ono, Ryoma*; Nakase, Masahiko*; Takeshita, Kenji*
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 327(1), p.597 - 607, 2021/01
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:17.77(Chemistry, Analytical)To achieve trichotomic separation of light lanthanides (Ln), heavy Ln, and Am, batchwise multi-stage extractions using tetraoctyl-diglycolamide (TODGA) extractant from organic acids are studied. Malonic acid (MA) has high solubility in water and is used as the main component of the aqueous phase. It is clear that the separation factor (SF) for Nd/Am from MA and that for La/Am from MA + HNO are both around 30. The light Ln (e.g., La and Ce) flowed-out in 1 M MA+0.05 M HNO
(1st soln.), Am is recovered into 3 M MA (2nd soln.), and middle and heavy Ln (Nd and other heavy Ln) are back-extracted into 0.1 M TEDGA/water (3rd soln.). This extraction method can give 95% recovery of Am with total Ln of less than 16% present in high-level radioactive waste.
Do, V. K.; Furuse, Takahiro; Murakami, Erina; Aita, Rena; Ota, Yuki; Sato, Soichi
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 327(1), p.543 - 553, 2021/01
Times Cited Count:4 Percentile:78.24(Chemistry, Analytical)A new HCl-free chromatographic separation procedure has been developed for sequential separation of Zr and Mo from concrete matrices. Accordingly, Zr and
Mo could be sensitively and selectively measured by ICP-MS/MS using ammonia reaction gas. The recoveries of greater than 90% for Zr and Mo from concretes could be achieved. The measurement condition was optimized for complete suppression of interferences from
Nb and peak tailing from abundant isotopes of Zr and Mo in concrete matrices. The removal of interferences was verified by measurement of radio-contamination-free concretes used as a sample matrix blank. Method detection limits of 1.7 mBq g
and 0.2 Bq g
were achieved for
Zr and
Mo, respectively, in the concrete matrices. The interference removal factor for Nb (equivalent to the decontamination factor in radiochemical separation) was of the order of 10
, and the abundance sensitivity was of the order of 10
, indicating that the developed method is reliable for verifying the presence of ultralow concentrations of
Zr and
Mo. The present method is suitable for the rapid assessment of
Zr and
Mo for radioactivity inventory of concrete rubble.
Segawa, Mariko; Nishinaka, Ichiro*; Toh, Yosuke; Maeda, Makoto
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 326(1), p.773 - 778, 2020/10
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:17.77(Chemistry, Analytical)Sasaki, Takayuki*; Matoba, Daisuke*; Dohi, Terumi; Fujiwara, Kenso; Kobayashi, Taishi*; Iijima, Kazuki
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 326(1), p.303 - 314, 2020/10
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:17.77(Chemistry, Analytical)Shibahara, Yuji*; Nakamura, Shoji; Uehara, Akihiro*; Fujii, Toshiyuki*; Fukutani, Satoshi*; Kimura, Atsushi; Iwamoto, Osamu
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 325(1), p.155 - 165, 2020/07
Times Cited Count:6 Percentile:67.23(Chemistry, Analytical)The measurements of isotopic ratios of Cs samples by thermal ionization mass spectrometry were performed for the analysis of their samples used to evaluate nuclear data obtained for Cs. To obtain a high intensity and stable ion beam, the effects of additive agents on the ionization of Cs were examined. The effect of silicotungstic acid on the ionization of Cs was the largest among the additive agents studied in the present study, while the silicotungstic acid also showed the largest isobaric interference of polyatomic ions. It was demonstrated that as small as 2
10
g of a Cs sample was sufficient to achieve the analytical precision required to measure the
Cs/
Cs ratio in the case where an additive agent of TaO/glucose was employed. After examining of the analytical conditions, such as the interference effect due to Ba, the measurements of the isotopic ratios of two Cs samples used in our study using TIMS were conducted, and it was discussed how much the ratios contributed to evaluation of the neutron capture cross-section of
Cs.