Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
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Extraction and extraction chromatographic separation of minor actinides from sulphate bearing high level waste solutions using CMPO
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V. Gopalakrishnan Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Fuel Reprocessing Division Trombay 400 085 Bombay (India)

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P. Dhami Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Fuel Reprocessing Division Trombay 400 085 Bombay (India)

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A. Ramanujam Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Fuel Reprocessing Division Trombay 400 085 Bombay (India)

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M. Krishna Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Radiochemistry Division Trombay 400 085 Bombay (India)

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M. Murali Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Radiochemistry Division Trombay 400 085 Bombay (India)

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J. Mathur Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Radiochemistry Division Trombay 400 085 Bombay (India)

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R. Iyer Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Radiochemistry Division Trombay 400 085 Bombay (India)

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A. Bauri Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Bio-Organic Division Trombay 400 085 Bombay (India)

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A. Banerji Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Bio-Organic Division Trombay 400 085 Bombay (India)

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279–289
Online Publication Date:
14 Aug 2005
Publication Date:
17 Apr 1995
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02038224
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Abstract  

Bench-Scale studies on the partitioning and recovery of minoractinides from the actual and synthetic sulphate-bearing high level waste (SBHLW) solutions have been carried out by giving two contacts with 30% TBP to deplete uranium content followed by four contacts with 0.2M CMPO+1.2M TBP in dodecane. The acidity of the SBHLW solutions was about 0.3M. In the case of actual SBHLW, the final raffinate contained about 0.4% -activity originally present in the HLW, whereas with synthetic SBHLW the -activity was reduced to the background level.144Ce is extracted almost quantitative in the CMPO phase,106Ru about 12% and137Cs is practically not extracted at all. The extraction chromatographic column studies with synthetic SBHLW (aftertwo TBP contacts) has shown that large volume of waste solutions could be passed through the column without break-through of actinide metal ions. Using 0.04M HNO3>99% Am(III) and rare earths could be eluted/stripped. Similarly >99% Pu(IV) and U(VI) could be eluted.stripped using 0.01M oxalic acid and 0.25M sodium carbonate, respectively. In the presence of 0.16M SO 42– (in the SBHLW) the complex ions AmSO 4+ , UO2SO4, PuSO 42+ and Pu(SO4)2 were formed in the aqueous phase but the species extracted into the organic phase (CMPO+TBP) were only the nitrato complexes Am(NO3)3·3CMPO, UO2(NO3)2·2CMPO and Pu(NO3)4·2CMPO. A scheme for the recovery of minor actinides from SBHLW solution with two contacts of 30% TBP followed by either solvent extraction or extraction chromatographic techniques has been proposed.

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