Petrology and mineralogy of an igneous clast in the Northwest Africa 1685 (LL4) chondrite; Comparison with alkali-rich igneous clasts in LL-chondritic breccias

Niihara, Takafumi*; Yokoyama, Tatsunori; Arai, Tomoko*; Misawa, Keiji*

Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 56(8), p.1619 - 1625, 2021/08

https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13719

We have conducted petrological and mineralogical studies on an igneous clast in the Northwest Africa (NWA) 1685 (LL4) chondrite. In an earlier description, the meteorite contained similar clasts in the LL chondritic breccias Yamato (Y)-74442 (LL4), Bhola (LL3-6), and Kraehenberg (LL5). We carefully compared their textures as well as mineral and matrix compositions with those of alkali-rich clasts in the LL chondritic breccias. Olivine grains are embedded in glassy matrix and have no chemical. Shock melt veins and fractures were observed only in olivine grains and did not continue to matrix. Major and minor element compositions of olivine grains in the clast are homogeneous. Potassium abundance of matrix glasses of the NWA 1685 clast is lower than those of alkali-rich igneous clasts in Y-74442, Bhola, and Kraehenberg, indicating that the igneous clasts in NWA 1685 are different from the alkali-rich clasts previously reported in the LL chondritic breccias and that they could have formed during an impact melting event, quenched on the LL-chondrite parent body, and finally incorporated into breccia.

Selective separation of Am(III) from Ln(III) with a novel synergistic extraction system, N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-methylpyridyl)ethylenediamine (TPEN) and carboxylic acid in 1-octanol

Mirvaliev, R.*; Watanabe, Masayuki; Matsumura, Tatsuro; Tachimori, Shoichi*; Takeshita, Kenji*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 41(11), p.1122 - 1124, 2004/11

https://doi.org/10.3327/jnst.41.1122

Transmutation is a technology aimed to reduce HLW from reprocessing process. Minor actinides in the HLW will be converted to short-lived nuclides. However, lanthanides in HLW adversely affects on the efficiency of the transmutation. It is well known that separating An(III) and Ln(III) is very difficult because of their similarity of chemical properties. Therefore, the separation is one of the essential subjects to establish the transmutation technology. Considerable efforts have been devoted to the development of new extractants for the separation. N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-methylpyridyl)ethylenediamine (TPEN) demonstrates 100-fold preference for Am(III) over Ln(III) between stability constants with the ions in the aqueous phase. We have reported that Am(III) was selectively extracted from the aqueous phase containing Ln(III) by TPEN in nitrobenzene system and synergistic system with TPEN and D2EHPA in octanol. This work presents our recent results that Am(III) is separated from Eu(III) by a synergistic extraction system with TPEN and decanoic acid diluted with 1-octanol.

ARTIST process; A Novel chemical process for treatment of spent nuclear fuel

Tachimori, Shoichi

JAERI-Research 2001-048, 23 Pages, 2001/10

JAERI-Research-2001-048.pdf:1.88MB

A new chemical process, ARTIST process, is proposed for the treatment of spent nuclear fuel. The main concept of the ARTIST process is to recover and stock all actinides (Ans) in two groups, uranium (U) and a mixture of transuranics (TRU), to preserve their resource value and to dispose solely fission products (FPs). The process composed of two main steps, an U exclusive isolation and a total recovery of TRU; which copes with the nuclear non-proliferation measures, and additionally Pu separation process and soft N-donor process if requested, and optionally processes for separation of long-lived FPs. These An products: U-product and TRU-product, are to be solidified by calcination and allowed to the interim stockpile for future utilization. These separations are achieved by use of amidic extractants in accord with the CHON principle. The technical feasibility of the ARTIST process was explained by the performance of both the branched-alkyl monoamides the diglycolic amide (TODGA) in thorough extraction of all TRU by tridentate fashon.

Development of activated carbon fiber filter used for airborne radioiodine monitoring

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Hoken Butsuri, 21, p.9 - 15, 1986/00

https://doi.org/10.5453/jhps.21.9

no abstracts in English

Neutron cross sections of 28 fission product nuclides adopted in JENDL-1

Kikuchi, Yasuyuki; Nakagawa, Tsuneo; *; *; ; *

JAERI 1268, 142 Pages, 1981/02

JAERI-1268.pdf:7.02MB

no abstracts in English

Live cell imaging study on biological effects induced by X-ray microbeam irradiation

Kaminaga, Kiichi; Kanari, Yukiko*; Sakamoto, Yuka*; Noguchi, Miho; Narita, Ayumi*; Fujii, Kentaro; Usami, Noriko*; Kobayashi, Katsumi*; Suzuki, Keiji*; Yokoya, Akinari

no journal, , 

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

Petrology and mineralogy of Beardsley H5 chondrite; Implications for impact melting

Niihara, Takafumi*; Tsuzuki, Yuki*; Misawa, Keiji*; Yokoyama, Tatsunori; Yoneda, Shigekazu*

no journal, , 

Some brecciated chondrites contain alkaline-rich igneous clasts. Their formational process is explained as early nebular condensates followed by shock melting. The Beardsley chondrite (H5) possesses large amounts of Rb compared to other H chondrites. However, detailed petrological and mineralogical signatures of Beardsley are still lacking and there is no petrological and mineralogical evidence for alteration such as presence of halite/sylvite or other alkaline-rich phases contained in other H chondrites. Here we conduct petrological and mineralogical study for the meteorite, especially to clarify secondary effect(s) and distribution of alkaline elements on the chondrites and discuss the petrogenesis of Beardsley. Petrological and mineralogical features of Beardsley are similar to those observed in impact melted H-chondrites, implying that the grey lithology is a product of impact melting event(s). On the other hand, the higher KO content in the grey lithology cannot be explained only by an impact melting process but is still unclear at this stage.