Partitioning of actinides from high-level liquid waste employing supported liquid membrane technique using TOPO in n-dodecane as carrier

This paper describes the studies on the partitioning of actinides from high-level liquid waste of PUREX origin employing supported liquid membrane technique. The process uses solution of tri-n-octyl phosphine oxide in n-dodecane as a carrier with polytetrafluoroethylene support and a mixture of citr...

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Published in:Desalination and water treatment 2014-07, Vol.52 (25-27), p.4755-4761
Main Authors: Dudwadkar, Nilesh L., Tripathi, S.C., Dhami, P.S., Gandhi, P.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
241Am
Actinides
Carriers
Liquid membranes
Liquid wastes
Partitioning
Partitioning of actinides
Polytetrafluoroethylenes
Supported liquid membrane
TOPO
Transport
Uranium
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Summary:This paper describes the studies on the partitioning of actinides from high-level liquid waste of PUREX origin employing supported liquid membrane technique. The process uses solution of tri-n-octyl phosphine oxide in n-dodecane as a carrier with polytetrafluoroethylene support and a mixture of citric acid, formic acid and hydrazine hydrate as a receiving phase. Transport of 241Am has been studied as a function of various parameters such as acidity of feed, concentration of carrier, effect of uranium concentration, effect of trivalent ions and salt concentration in the feed in order to optimize efficient transport conditions. The studies indicated good transport of actinides like uranium, neptunium, plutonium and americium across the membrane from nitric acid medium. Under the optimized conditions, the transport of 241Am is also studied from a uranium-depleted synthetic pressurized heavy water reactor-high-level liquid waste (HLLW). Also the technique has been used for the partitioning of alpha emitters from research reactor-HLLW.
ISSN:1944-3986
1944-3994
1944-3986
DOI:10.1080/19443994.2013.814373