Characterization of a Ternary Neodymium-HEDTA-Citrate Complex in the Actinide Lanthanide Separation Process

Eddy, Madeleine A.; Picayo, Gabriela A.; Jensen, Mark P.

doi:10.1021/acsomega.2c00759

Title: Characterization of a Ternary Neodymium-HEDTA-Citrate Complex in the Actinide Lanthanide Separation Process

Journal Article · Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · ACS Omega

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c00759· OSTI ID:1863647

Eddy, Madeleine A. ^[1];

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Chemistry Department, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
Chemistry Department and Nuclear Science and Engineering Program, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States

The actinide lanthanide separation (ALSEP) process is a modern solvent extraction approach used for the separation of the minor actinides americium and curium from the lanthanide fission products for transmutation, a process that can significantly reduce the long-term radioactivity and heat loading of nuclear waste. This process, inspired by existing chemistry, uses the aminopolycarboxylate N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine- N,N',N'-triacetic acid (HEDTA) to selectively separate the actinides by stripping them from the organic phase while leaving the lanthanides behind. HEDTA is used in this separation as it has been shown to exhibit faster extraction kinetics than other aminopolycarboxylates, but its lower coordination number can allow for the formation of higher order complexes with the typically 8- to 9-coordinate f-elements. ALSEP uses a carboxylic acid buffer in the aqueous phase to control the pH of the system during metal stripping, and this buffer has the ability to complex actinide(III) and lanthanide(III) ions. The presence of a previously uncharacterized ternary lanthanide-HEDTA-citrate complex was detected during single-phase spectroscopy experiments. A combination of partitioning experiments and spectrophotometric titrations led to the identification of a 1:1:1 complex containing a partially protonated citrate ligand and determination of the stability constant of its neodymium complex.

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Research Organization:: Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

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OSTI ID:: 1863647

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Journal Information:: ACS Omega, Journal Name: ACS Omega Vol. 7 Journal Issue: 17; ISSN 2470-1343

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Language:: English

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