N, N′-dimethyl-N, N′-dibutyl tetradecyl malonamide (DMDBTDMA) coated magnetic particles are being evaluated for the possible application in the partitioning of actinides, lanthanides and fission products from pure nitric acid solutions as well as from Simulated Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor-High Level Waste (PHWR-SHLW)...
Keywords: Magnetic carrier separation, DMDBTDMA, Actinides, Lanthanides, Fission
05/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe effect of temperature on the extraction behaviour of Am(III), Pu(IV) and U(VI) from nitric acid medium was studied employing N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA) in n-dodecane...
Keywords: TODGA, Actinides, Thermodynamics, Extraction constant
06/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagA multi-site surface complexation/ion exchange model for dispersed MX 80 bentonite has been calibrated, considering the dissolution properties of the constituting mineral assemblage, for sorption of a large number of radionuclides, using experimental data from the present study together with well constrained literature data...
Keywords: Bentonite, Sorption, Actinides, Fission products, modeling
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe adsorption of U(VI) onto peat moss has been studied as a function of uranium concentration, pH, shaking time and ionic strength...
Keywords: Peat moss, Uranium(VI), Actinides, Adsorption, Adsorbents
01/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagAn improved sample preparation method for the determination of americium and plutonium in sediment and soil samples by inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry (ICP-SFMS) and alpha-spectrometry is described...
Keywords: Actinides, ICP-SFMS, Alpha-spectrometry, Americium, Plutonium
02/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagA novel, simple technique based on magnetically assisted chemical separation (MACS) has been developed for the uptake of lanthanides and actinides from pure nitric acid solutions as well as from Simulated Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor-High Level Waste (PHWR-SHLW)...
Keywords: Magnetic microparticles, TODGA, Lanthanides, Actinides, Uptake profiles
03/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagA 30% (w/w) N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyldiglycol amide (TODGA) and 10% (w/w) tributyl-phosphate (TBP)-containing resin was prepared and the batch uptake of several actinides [U(VI), Th(IV), Am(III), Cm(III), Cf(III)] and selected fission products from nitric acid solutions was investigated...
Keywords: TODGA, Actinides, Extraction chromatography, Separation, High-level liquid waste
07/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagSingle crystals of the Np(V) and Pu(V) benzoate complexes with 2,2′-bipyridine were prepared. According to X-ray diffraction analysis data, they are isostructural neutral dimers with the [AnO2(C10H8N2)(OOCC6H5)]2 (An=Np or Pu) composition...
Keywords: Actinides, Neptunium, Plutonium, Benzoates, Bipyridine
09/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe solvation of the Eu-perchlorate (ClO4–) and triflate (CF3SO3–, OTf–) salts as well as of Cm(ClO4)3 and Am(ClO4)3 in the ionic liquid C4mimTf2N (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium-bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide) has been comparatively investigated by application of laser fluorescence spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy...
Keywords: Ionic Liquids, Lanthanides, Actinides, Eu(III), Cm(III)
01/2008 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe existence of low oxidation states of lanthanides and actinides in aqueous solution has been re-examined in the light of recent data...
Keywords: Lanthanides, Actinides, Redox properties, hydration, Covalence
03/2008 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag