Structure and Thermochemistry of Perrhenate Sodalite and Mixed Guest Perrhenate/Pertechnetate Sodalite

Pierce, Eric M.; Lilova, Kristina; Missimer, David M.; Lukens, Wayne W.; Wu, Lili; Fitts, Jeffrey P.; Rawn, Claudia; Huq, Ashfia; Leonard, Donovan N.; Eskelsen, Jeremy R.; Jantzen, Carol M.; Navrotsky, Alexandra

doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b01879

Structure and Thermochemistry of Perrhenate Sodalite and Mixed Guest Perrhenate/Pertechnetate Sodalite

Journal Article · Sun Dec 04 23:00:00 EST 2016 · Environmental Science and Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b01879· OSTI ID:1340434

^[1]; Lilova, Kristina ^[2]; Missimer, David M. ^[3]; ^[4]; Wu, Lili ^[2]; Fitts, Jeffrey P. ^[5]; Rawn, Claudia ^[6]; Huq, Ashfia ^[1]; Leonard, Donovan N. ^[6]; Eskelsen, Jeremy R. ^[1]; Jantzen, Carol M. ^[3]; ^[2]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Here we report that treatment and immobilization of technetium-99 (⁹⁹Tc) contained in reprocessed nuclear waste and present in contaminated subsurface systems represents a major environmental challenge. One potential approach to managing this highly mobile and long-lived radionuclide is immobilization into micro- and meso-porous crystalline solids, specifically sodalite. We synthesized and characterized the structure of perrhenate sodalite, Na₈[AlSiO₄]6(ReO₄)₂, and the structure of a mixed guest perrhenate/pertechnetate sodalite, Na₈[AlSiO₄]₆(ReO₄)_2-x(TcO₄)_x. Perrhenate was used as a chemical analogue for pertechnetate. Bulk analyses of each solid confirm a cubic sodalite-type structure (P$$\overline{43}$$n, No. 218 space group) with rhenium and technetium in the 7+ oxidation state. High-resolution nanometer scale characterization measurements provide first-of-a-kind evidence that the ReO₄^– anions are distributed in a periodic array in the sample, nanoscale clustering is not observed, and the ReO₄^{– anion occupies the center of the sodalite β-cage in Na₈[AlSiO₄]₆(ReO₄)₂. We also demonstrate, for the first time, that the TcO₄^{– anion can be incorporated into the sodalite structure. Lastly, thermochemistry measurements for the perrhenate sodalite were used to estimate the thermochemistry of pertechnetate sodalite based on a relationship between ionic potential and the enthalpy and Gibbs free energy of formation for previously measured oxyanion-bearing feldspathoid phases. The results collected in this study suggest that micro- and mesoporous crystalline solids maybe viable candidates for the treatment and immobilization of ⁹⁹Tc present in reprocessed nuclear waste streams and contaminated subsurface environments.}}

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS); Spallation Neutron Source

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1340434

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1409615
OSTI ID: 1480762

Journal Information:: Environmental Science and Technology, Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 51; ISSN 0013-936X

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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