Microscopic analyses on Zr adsorbed IDA chelating resin by PIXE and EXAFS

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

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2019.10.028

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.

Improvement in flow-sheet of extraction chromatography for trivalent minor actinides recovery

渡部 創; 先崎 達也; 柴田 淳広; 野村 和則; 竹内 正行; 中谷 清治*; 松浦 治明*; 堀内 勇輔*; 新井 剛*

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 322(3), p.1273 - 1277, 2019/12

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06808-y

Extraction chromatography flow-sheet employing octyl(phenyl)--diisobutylcarbonoylmethylphosphine oxide (CMPO) and (2-ethylhexyl) hydrogen phosphate (HDEHP) extractants for trivalent minor actinide recovery was modified to improve column separation performance. Excellent trivalent minor actinides recovery performance was obtained by column separation experiments on nitric acid solution containing the trivalent minor actinides and representative fission product elements, i.e. recovery yields 93% with sufficient decontamination factors against the fission products. Those are the best performance which we have ever obtained by experiments inside hot cell.

Waste management in a hot laboratory of Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1; Overview and activities in chemical processing facility

野村 和則; 小木 浩通*; 中原 将海; 渡部 創; 柴田 淳広

International Journal of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering (Internet), 13(5), p.209 - 212, 2019/00

Chemical Processing Facility of Japan Atomic Energy Agency is a basic research field for advanced back-end technology developments with using actual high-level radioactive materials. Most of them were treated properly and stored in the liquid waste vessel, but some were not treated and remained at the experimental space as a kind of legacy nuclear waste, which we must treat in safety and dispose if we continue research activities in the facility. Under this circumstance, we launched a collaborative research project called the STRAD project, which stands for Systematic Treatment of Radioactive liquid waste for Decommissioning, in order to develop the treatment processes for wastes of the nuclear research facility. In this project, decomposition methods of certain chemicals, which have been directly solidified without safety pretreatment but may cause a troublesome phenomenon, is developing and a prospect that it will be able to decompose in the facility by simple method. And solidification of aqueous or organic liquid wastes after the decomposition has been studied by adding cement or coagulants. Furthermore, we treated experimental tools of various materials with making an effort to stabilize and to compact them before the package into the waste container. It is expected to decrease the number of transportation of the solid waste and widen the operation space. The project is expected to contribute beneficial waste management outcome that can be shared world widely.

Actinides recovery from irradiated fuel for SmART cycle

佐野 雄一; 渡部 創; 中原 将海; 粟飯原 はるか; 竹内 正行

Proceedings of International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference (GLOBAL 2017) (USB Flash Drive), 4 Pages, 2017/09

CPFにおいて照射済燃料から数gのMAを回収し、AGFにおいてMA含有MOX燃料を製造した後、常陽において照射試験を行うSmARTサイクル構想を進めている。本報告では、CPFで実施したMAを含むアクチニド回収に係る研究開発について、過去実施した溶媒抽出法及び抽出クロマトグラフィによるアクチニド回収技術をレビューするとともに、SmARTサイクルの一環として実施した各方法によるアクチニド回収試験の概要をまとめた。

日本原子力学会2016秋の大会バックエンド部会企画セッション「ガラス固化体の実力は?; 地層処分におけるガラス固化体性能評価の現状」参加報告

亀井 玄人

原子力バックエンド研究(CD-ROM), 23(2), p.201 - 202, 2016/12

https://nuce.aesj.or.jp/jnuce/vol23/Jnuce-Vol23-2-p201-202.pdf

国内外のガラス固化体地層処分に関する研究開発の現状と課題について、日本原子力学会バックエンド部会の企画セッションが開催されたので、座長として参加し、その要点をまとめた。国内外の現状と今後の課題のほか、ガラス固化体の性能評価、基礎科学、計算科学の観点からの研究例等が報告された。

Flow-sheet study of MA recovery by extraction chromatography for SmART cycle project

渡部 創; 野村 和則; 北脇 慎一; 柴田 淳広; 小藤 博英; 佐野 雄一; 竹内 正行

Procedia Chemistry, 21, p.101 - 108, 2016/12

BB2015-3215.pdf:0.34MB

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proche.2016.10.015

Optimization in a flow-sheet of the extraction chromatography process for minor actinides (MA(III); Am and Cm) recovery from high level liquid waste (HLLW) were carried out through batch-wise adsorption/elution experiments on diluted HLLW and column separation experiments on genuine HLLW. Separation experiments using CMPO/SiO-P and HDEHP/SiO-P adsorbent columns with an improved flow-sheet successfully achieved more than 70 % recovery yields of MA(III) with decontamination factors of Ln(III) 10, and a modified flow-sheet for less contamination with fission products was proposed consequently. These results will contribute to MA(III) recovery operations for SmART Cycle project in Japan Atomic Energy Agency which is planned to demonstrates FR fuel cycle with more than 1g of Am.

Influence of contaminants from spent fuel pools at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on the reprocessing process

粟飯原 はるか; 北脇 慎一; 野村 和則; 田口 克也

Proceedings of 21st International Conference & Exhibition; Nuclear Fuel Cycle for a Low-Carbon Future (GLOBAL 2015) (USB Flash Drive), p.1076 - 1083, 2015/09

The water in the spent fuel pools at TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station contains sea water and rubbles. When the spent fuels stored in the pools will be reprocessed, it has possibility that these contaminants enter the reprocessing process with the spent fuels. Therefore it is meaningful to estimate the influence of contaminants on reprocessing process in advance. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the behavior and influence of contaminants on the extraction process of spent fuel reprocessing by using simulated contaminants. Contaminants were dissolved into the heated nitric acid and solvent extraction using TBP was performed to obtain distribution ratios. The estimated amount of contaminants accompanied with the spent fuel is low values and solvent extraction tests showed that the distribution ratios of every major element were very low in any case. Also to evaluate the influence of sulfate and chloride ions on uranium and plutonium extraction, Ce(IV) was used for simulated Pu to predict extraction behavior. And then U and Pu test was conducted in order to confirm the simulated test result. Obtained distribution ratio suggests that contaminants will not affect the extraction process.

Study of treatment scenarios for fuel debris removed from Fukushima Daiichi NPS

鷲谷 忠博; 矢野 公彦; 鍛治 直也; 山田 誠也*; 紙谷 正仁

Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-23) (DVD-ROM), 7 Pages, 2015/05

福島第一原子力発電所の燃料デブリ取出し後の処置については、燃料デブリ取出し開始時までにデブリの処置の選択決定に係る一定の議論が必要になるものと想定し、それまでに各シナリオの比較評価に用いる情報や比較評価の進め方を決める必要がある。そのため、本検討では燃料デブリの取出し後の処置シナリオの検討に向けた技術的要件の整理として、各処置シナリオ案の得失評価を行った。評価の結果、総合すると技術課題は有するものの経済性、廃棄物発生量の面で有利なシナリオは長期保管及び直接処分と推定された。一方、安定化処理、湿式処理、乾式処理は経済性、廃棄物発生量の面で不利と推定された。

Investigation of a LiCl-KCl-UCl system using a combination of X-ray diffraction and differential thermal analyses

仲吉 彬; 北脇 慎一; 福嶋 峰夫; 村上 毅*; 倉田 正輝

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 441(1-3), p.468 - 472, 2013/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.06.019

乾式再処理の主要工程である電解精製では、LiCl-KCl共晶塩にアクチノイド元素(An)を溶融させたLiCl-KCl-AnCl塩浴を用いて、陰極にU及びAnを電気化学的手法により回収する。LiCl-KCl-AnCl系の状態図の知見は、プロセスの運転やメンテナンスにおいて、非常に重要である。これまでにLiCl-KCl-AnClに関する報告例はほとんどないため、本研究では、LiCl-KCl(59:41mol%)共晶塩とUClの擬似2元系の相状態及びLiCl-KCl-AnCl系の状態図を調べた。

Nitric acid concentration dependence of dicesium plutonium(IV) nitrate formation during solution growth of uranyl nitrate hexahydrate

中原 将海; 鍛治 直也; 矢野 公彦; 柴田 淳広; 竹内 正行; 岡野 正紀; 久野 剛彦

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 46(1), p.56 - 62, 2013/01

https://doi.org/10.1252/jcej.12we175

U晶析工程においてCsPu(NO)の生成挙動に及ぼすHNO濃度の依存性を調べた。硝酸ウラニル溶液に対するCsPu(NO)の溶解度は、HNO濃度が高くなるほど低下する傾向を示した。照射済高速炉燃料溶解液を用いた晶析実験では母液のHNO濃度が6.5mol/dmの条件において、CsPu(NO)が析出し、硝酸ウラニル六水和物結晶に対するCsの除染係数は低下した。一方、母液のHNO濃度が4.0mol/dmのときは、CsPu(NO)が生成せず、硝酸ウラニル六水和物結晶とCsが良好に分離できることを示した。