Studies of a Solvent for GANEX Applications Containing CyMe4-BTBP and DEHBA in Cyclohexanone
Journal article, 2012

Research focus within separation for transmutation in Europe today lies in the development of a solvent extraction separation process called GANEX (Group ActiNide EXtraction). In this type of process the actinides should be extracted as a group and separated from the lanthanides and the other fission and corrosion/activation products. One GANEX process has been developed combining the two extractants bis-triazine-bi-pyridine (BTBP) and tri-butyl phosphate (TBP) in cyclohexanone. In previous work the TBP has been successfully substituted with N,N-di-2-ethylhexylbutyramide (DEHBA). In this paper, this exchange has been further studied investigating also fission product extraction as well as hydrolytic and radiolytic stability and acid extraction.

uranium(vi)

plutonium(iv)

separation

DEHBA

partitioning and transmutation

GANEX

extraction

BTBP

normal-butyl phosphate

quadridentate

Author

Emma Aneheim

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Industrial Materials Recycling

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Nuclear Chemistry

Christian Ekberg

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Industrial Materials Recycling

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Nuclear Chemistry

Mark Foreman

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Nuclear Chemistry

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Industrial Materials Recycling

Elin Löfström Engdahl

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Industrial Materials Recycling

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Nuclear Chemistry

Nathalie Mabile

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Industrial Materials Recycling

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Nuclear Chemistry

Separation Science and Technology

0149-6395 (ISSN) 1520-5754 (eISSN)

Vol. 47 5 663-669

Subject Categories

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1080/01496395.2011.627908

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