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Mishima, Ria; Inaba, Yusuke*; Tachioka, Sotaro*; Harigai, Miki*; Watanabe, Shinta*; Onoe, Jun*; Nakase, Masahiko*; Matsumura, Tatsuro; Takeshita, Kenji*
Chemistry Letters, 49(1), p.83 - 86, 2020/01
Times Cited Count：4 Percentile：20.61(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)Separation of platinum group metals (PGMs) from high-level liquid waste generated from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuels is important to produce good quality vitrified glass for final disposal. A new sorbent, Aluminum hexacyanoferrate (AlHCF), was synthesized and the general sorption behavior of PGMs from concentrated nitric acid was examined. Nitric acid caused substantial elution of AlHCF but the sorption of Pd stabilized the structure. Consequently, Rh was sorbed in the presence of Pd, whereas single Rh sorption caused complete dissolution of AlHCF. Relation between sorbed mount of Pd vs eluted Al and Fe revealed that the elution ratio of Al and Fe was not the same as molar ratio of synthesized AlHCF, indicating the re-sorption of Fe resulted in formation of new structure. The sorption mechanism of PGMs by this new sorbent, AlHCF, not only the simple ion exchange, but also oxidation reduction reaction as well as kinetics play important rule. Understanding the general sorption and dissolution behavior will help improve the sorption performance of PGMs by AlHCF.
Hamada, Nobuyuki; Watanabe, Junji; Higashiura, Norikazu; Shime, Masanori
Dekomisshoningu Giho, (45), p.2 - 9, 2012/03
The manual type wet blast apparatus had been introduced to remove the surface contaminations of the radioactive waste, as the preprocessing for the clearance. Decontamination test had been carried out to survey the optimum condition for the decontamination with using specimens obtained from facilities and equipments which will be planned to be cleared. As the results, we confirmed that the apparatus has the performance to reduce the surface radioactive concentration on the inside of the tube to under the clearance level within relatively short time.
stacked dielectricsWatanabe, Heiji*; Kagei, Yusuke*; Kosono, Kohei*; Kirino, Takashi*; Watanabe, Yu*; Mitani, Shuhei*; Nakano, Yuki*; Nakamura, Takashi*; Yoshigoe, Akitaka; Teraoka, Yuden; et al.
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SiC-MOSFET's are expected for normally-off-type high performance power devices. Electrical defects due to residual inpurities such as carbon are in the interface of thermally-oxidized SiC-MOS's so that channel mobility is degraded preferentially. Although upgrade of reliability of a gate insulator is necessary for practical use, insulator degradation mechanisms have not well known yet. We are studying high quality MOS interface made by plasma nitridation techniques, upgrade of reliability and insulation by a stuck structure of a high-k insulator (AlON) layer and an SiO underlayer. Recent research results on those subjects are reported in this talk.
Hamada, Nobuyuki; Watanabe, Junji; Higashiura, Norikazu; Shime, Masanori
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Azumi, Kazuhisa*; Yajima, Jungo*; Nagai, Yuto*; Watanabe, Masatoshi; Taniguchi, Naoki; Shimizu, Akihiko*
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Copper have been considered for one of the candidates for container material for vitrified radioactive waste and has been thought to be corroded in the deep underground at the initial stage of underground depository. The underground water contains various ions including small amount of silica. In this study, corrosion rates of Cu foil immersed in various solutions with and without dissolved silica were monitored by using temperature-compensated resistometry and the foil surfaces were observed by using FE-SEM. It was found to suppress the corrosion of Cu foil with very small amount of dissolved silica in comparison to without silica. From Raman spectra of Cu samples, main corrosion product of these samples without dissolved silica solution was speculated to be CuO. However, the sample corroded in the solution with dissolved silica showed strong Raman peak, which seems to be indicate that the flat deposits were a kind of silicate with electric insulator property. Such silicate deposits might be swelled in the aqueous solution and were expected to suppress dissolution process of Cu ions.
Mishima, Ria; Tachioka, Sotaro*; Inaba, Yusuke*; Harigai, Miki*; Matsumura, Tatsuro; Watanabe, Shinta*; Onoe, Jun*; Nakase, Masahiko*; Takeshita, Kenji*
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In Japan, the final disposal of high level liquid waste (HLLW) will be done after vitrification into borosilicate glass and then disposed into deep underground. In this vitrification process, there are some concerns. The first concern is precipitation of platinum group metals (PGMs) in the melter due to their low solubility into borosilicate glass. The second concern is the formation of yellow phase caused by Mo content. The final concern is the generation of huge number of vitrified glasses and the requirement of wide space needed for final disposal. Among many kinds of extractants and adsorbents for separation of such metal ions, metal hexacyanoferrate (HCFs) were reported to have an ability to adsorb PGMs. The objective of this study is to elucidate the adsorption behavior of aluminum hexacyanoferrate (AlHCF) for various metal ions and understand the relation between elution and adsorption. The effect of synthetic and workup conditions on PGM and Mo adsorption from simulated HLLW (sHLLW) was surveyed. Also, the relationship between adsorption of metal ions and elution of the AlHCF was studied. The synthesized AlHCF showed adsorption performance for PGMs and Mo in simulated HLLW. As a result of an adsorption test with a Pd single component solution to investigate the adsorption mechanism, the eluted element ratio was Fe:Al = 1:4 in the Pd adsorption test. However, the element ratio was Fe:Al = 3:4 in the original AlHCF. Therefore, it was suggested the existence of not only Pd adsorption, but also resorption and stabilization mechanisms.
Mishima, Ria; Tachioka, Sotaro*; Inaba, Yusuke*; Harigai, Miki*; Matsumura, Tatsuro; Watanabe, Shinta*; Onoe, Jun*; Nakase, Masahiko*; Takeshita, Kenji*
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In Japan, the final disposal of high level liquid waste (HLLW) will be done after vitrification into borosilicate glass and then disposed into deep underground. In this vitrification process, there are some concerns. The first concern is precipitation of platinum group metals (PGMs) in the melter due to their low solubility into borosilicate glass. The second concern is the formation of yellow phase caused by Mo content. The final concern is the generation of huge number of vitrified glasses and the requirement of wide space needed for final disposal. Among many kinds of extractants and adsorbents for separation of such metal ions, metal hexacyanoferrate (HCFs) were reported to have an ability to adsorb PGMs. The objective of this study is to elucidate the adsorption behavior of aluminum hexacyanoferrate (AlHCF) for various metal ions and understand the relation between elution and adsorption. The effect of synthetic and workup conditions on PGM and Mo adsorption from simulated HLLW (sHLLW) was surveyed. Also, the relationship between adsorption of metal ions and elution of the AlHCF was studied. The synthesized AlHCF showed adsorption performance for PGMs and Mo in simulated HLLW. As a result of an adsorption test with a Pd single component solution to investigate the adsorption mechanism, the eluted element ratio was Fe:Al = 1:4 in the Pd adsorption test. However, the element ratio was Fe:Al = 3:4 in the original AlHCF. Therefore, it was suggested the existence of not only Pd adsorption, but also resorption and stabilization mechanisms.
