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NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
Volume 139, Issue 3, Pages 253-262Publisher
AMER NUCLEAR SOCIETY
DOI: 10.13182/NT02-A3317
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actinide partitioning; Diamex process; high-level waste
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The extraction behavior of actinides like U(VI), Pu(IV), and Am(III) as well as of fission products like Tc(VII), Zr(IV), Eu(III), and structural material Fe(III) using nitric acid/simulated pressurized heavy water reactor-high-level waste solution as aqueous phase and N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'dibutyl tetra decyl malonamide (DMDBTDMA) in n-dodecane as solvent was investigated. The present work contributes significantly toward the development of nonphosphorous (environmentally friendly) extractant capable of partitioning long-lived actinides and fission products like from relatively short lived fission products like Sr-90 and Cs-137 as well as inactive components present in high-level waste. The D-Am values determined in the temperature range between 15 and 45degreesC showed a gradual decrease with increase in temperature throughout the acidity range. The effect of N, N di-2-ethylhexyl acetamide (D2EHAA) as phase modifier on the physicochemical properties of DMDBTDMA/ n-dodecane solvent was investigated and could be correlated with parameters like the limiting organic concentration value of HNO3, D-Am, or phase disengagement time. Overall comparison of diamide extraction (Diamex) and transuranium extraction (Truex) solvents has been made.
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