Actinide-Specific Interfacial Chemistry of Monolayer Coated Mesoporous Ceramics

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/833245· OSTI ID:833245

Fryxell, Glen E; Zemanian, Tom S; Kemner, Ken M; Raymond, Ken

The objective of this program is to design, synthesize, and evaluate high-efficiency, high capacity sorbent materials capable of selectively sequestering actinides from complex aqueous mixtures. One of the central goals of this project is to understand the fundamental interfacial science required to develop novel mesoporous materials coated with organized monolayers of rationally designed ligands, custom-tailored for binding specific actinide cations. This capability addresses waste management by separation of actinides, a central concern of high-level waste (HLW) and nuclear materials management at several DOE sites.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Argonne National Lab., Argonne, IL; University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
• OSTI ID: 833245
• Report Number(s): EMSP-65370-2000; R&D Project: EMSP 65370; TRN: US0406592
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 Jun 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDES
CAPACITY
CATIONS
CERAMICS
CHEMISTRY
DESIGN
MIXTURES
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES