Separation of protactinum, actinium, and other radionuclides from proton irradiated thorium target
Protactinium, actinium, radium, radiolanthanides and other radionuclide fission products were separated and recovered from a proton-irradiated thorium target. The target was dissolved in concentrated HCl, which formed anionic complexes of protactinium but not with thorium, actinium, radium, or radiolanthanides. Protactinium was separated from soluble thorium by loading a concentrated HCl solution of the target onto a column of strongly basic anion exchanger resin and eluting with concentrated HCl. Actinium, radium and radiolanthanides elute with thorium. The protactinium that is retained on the column, along with other radionuclides, is eluted may subsequently treated to remove radionuclide impurities to afford a fraction of substantially pure protactinium. The eluate with the soluble thorium, actinium, radium and radiolanthanides may be subjected to treatment with citric acid to form anionic thorium, loaded onto a cationic exchanger resin, and eluted. Actinium, radium and radiolanthanides that are retained can be subjected to extraction chromatography to separate the actinium from the radium and from the radio lanthanides.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Assignee:
- Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,951,399
- Application Number:
- 14/681,320
- OSTI ID:
- 1436516
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2015 Apr 08
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Application of ion exchange and extraction chromatography to the separation of actinium from proton-irradiated thorium metal for analytical purposes
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journal | February 2015 |
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