Journal
RADIOCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 98, Issue 8, Pages 485-491Publisher
OLDENBOURG VERLAG
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2010.1749
Keywords
TEHDGA; Radiolysis; Hydrolysis; Isodecyl alcohol; n-dodecane
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To establish the use of TEHDGA/isodecylalco-hol/n-dodecane solvent system for actinide partitioning from HLW, the hydrolytic and radiolytic stability of the solvent was investigated. Hydrolysis of TEHDGA with nitric acid at room temperature was not observed. Radiolytic degradation was observed and found to increase with increase in absorbed dose. It was found that the presence of n-dodecane enhances the degradation of TEHDGA whereas isodecyl alcohol, the phase modifier, has no such effect. At gamma-radiation dose as high as 0.2 MGy, no significant loss of TEHDGA was observed. The degradation products were identified by GC-MS, the main products were formed by cleavage of ether and amide bonds of TEHDGA molecule. The extraction behavior of Am(III) at 4.0 M HNO(3) does not vary much with increase in absorbed dose, however stripping behavior is affected by the presence of acidic degradation products formed during radiolysis. The findings indicate that the solvent retains its expected extraction and stripping properties up to a high gamma-radiation dose of 0.2 MGy. Irradiated solvent was purified and made suitable for reuse by treating it with 5% w/v Na(2)CO(3) solution, basic alumina and finally by distillation at reduced pressure.
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