The separation of lanthanides and actinides in supercritical fluid carbon dioxide

Mincher, Bruce J.; Wai, Chien M.; Fox, Robert V.; Baek, Donna L.; Yen, Clive; Case, Mary E.

doi:10.1007/s10967-015-4576-5

Title: The separation of lanthanides and actinides in supercritical fluid carbon dioxide

Abstract

Supercritical fluid carbon dioxide presents an attractive alternative to conventional solvents for recovery of the actinides and lanthanides. Carbon dioxide is a good solvent for fluorine and phosphate-containing ligands, including the traditional tributylphosphate ligand used in process-scale uranium separations. Actinide and lanthanide oxides may even be directly dissolved in carbon dioxide containing the complexes formed between these ligands and mineral acids, obviating the need for large volumes of acids for leaching and dissolution, and the corresponding organic liquid–liquid solvent extraction solutions. As a result, examples of the application of this novel technology for actinide and lanthanide separations are presented.

Authors:

Mincher, Bruce J. ^[1]; Wai, Chien M. ^[2]; Fox, Robert V. ^[1]; Baek, Donna L. ^[1]; Yen, Clive ^[2]; Case, Mary E. ^[3]

Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1326222

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-15-35727
Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731; PII: 4576

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 307; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731

Publisher:: Springer

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; actinides; carbon dioxide; fuel cycle; lanthanides; separations; supercritical fluid

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                    Mincher, Bruce J., Wai, Chien M., Fox, Robert V., Baek, Donna L., Yen, Clive, and Case, Mary E. The separation of lanthanides and actinides in supercritical fluid carbon dioxide.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Mincher, Bruce J., Wai, Chien M., Fox, Robert V., Baek, Donna L., Yen, Clive, & Case, Mary E. The separation of lanthanides and actinides in supercritical fluid carbon dioxide.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4576-5

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                    Mincher, Bruce J., Wai, Chien M., Fox, Robert V., Baek, Donna L., Yen, Clive, and Case, Mary E. Wed .  
"The separation of lanthanides and actinides in supercritical fluid carbon dioxide".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4576-5.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1326222.

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  title        = {The separation of lanthanides and actinides in supercritical fluid carbon dioxide},

  author       = {Mincher, Bruce J. and Wai, Chien M. and Fox, Robert V. and Baek, Donna L. and Yen, Clive and Case, Mary E.},

  abstractNote = {Supercritical fluid carbon dioxide presents an attractive alternative to conventional solvents for recovery of the actinides and lanthanides. Carbon dioxide is a good solvent for fluorine and phosphate-containing ligands, including the traditional tributylphosphate ligand used in process-scale uranium separations. Actinide and lanthanide oxides may even be directly dissolved in carbon dioxide containing the complexes formed between these ligands and mineral acids, obviating the need for large volumes of acids for leaching and dissolution, and the corresponding organic liquid–liquid solvent extraction solutions. As a result, examples of the application of this novel technology for actinide and lanthanide separations are presented.},

  doi          = {10.1007/s10967-015-4576-5},

  journal      = {Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 307,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

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