Separation of Minor Actinides from Lanthanides by Dithiophosphinic Acid Extractants
Abstract
The selective extraction of the minor actinides (Am(III) and Cm(III)) from the lanthanides is an important part of advanced reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. This separation would allow the Am/Cm to be fabricated into targets and recycled to a reactor and the lanthanides to be dispositioned. This separation is difficult to accomplish due to the similarities in the chemical properties of the trivalent actinides and lanthanides. Research efforts at the Idaho National Laboratory have identified an innovative synthetic pathway yielding new regiospecific dithiophosphinic acid (DPAH) extractants. The synthesis provides DPAH derivatives that can address the issues concerning minor actinide separation and extractant stability. For this work, two new symmetric DPAH extractants have been prepared. The use of these extractants for the separation of minor actinides from lanthanides will be discussed.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 940070
- Report Number(s):
- INL/CON-07-13474
TRN: US0806985
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-99ID-13727
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ISEC 2008,Tucson, Arizona,09/15/2008,09/19/2008
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS; ACTINIDES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR FUELS; RARE EARTHS; REPROCESSING; STABILITY; SYNTHESIS; TARGETS; SPENT FUELS; actinides; dithiophosphinic acid extractants; lanthanides
Citation Formats
Peterman, D R, Greenhalgh, M R, Tillotson, R D, Klaehn, J R, Harrup, M K, Luther, T A, Law, J D, and Daniels, L M. Separation of Minor Actinides from Lanthanides by Dithiophosphinic Acid Extractants. United States: N. p., 2008.
Web.
Peterman, D R, Greenhalgh, M R, Tillotson, R D, Klaehn, J R, Harrup, M K, Luther, T A, Law, J D, & Daniels, L M. Separation of Minor Actinides from Lanthanides by Dithiophosphinic Acid Extractants. United States.
Peterman, D R, Greenhalgh, M R, Tillotson, R D, Klaehn, J R, Harrup, M K, Luther, T A, Law, J D, and Daniels, L M. 2008.
"Separation of Minor Actinides from Lanthanides by Dithiophosphinic Acid Extractants". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/940070.
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title = {Separation of Minor Actinides from Lanthanides by Dithiophosphinic Acid Extractants},
author = {Peterman, D R and Greenhalgh, M R and Tillotson, R D and Klaehn, J R and Harrup, M K and Luther, T A and Law, J D and Daniels, L M},
abstractNote = {The selective extraction of the minor actinides (Am(III) and Cm(III)) from the lanthanides is an important part of advanced reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. This separation would allow the Am/Cm to be fabricated into targets and recycled to a reactor and the lanthanides to be dispositioned. This separation is difficult to accomplish due to the similarities in the chemical properties of the trivalent actinides and lanthanides. Research efforts at the Idaho National Laboratory have identified an innovative synthetic pathway yielding new regiospecific dithiophosphinic acid (DPAH) extractants. The synthesis provides DPAH derivatives that can address the issues concerning minor actinide separation and extractant stability. For this work, two new symmetric DPAH extractants have been prepared. The use of these extractants for the separation of minor actinides from lanthanides will be discussed.},
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