Recovery of radio-cesium from actual high level liquid waste using solvents containing calix[4]arene-crown-6 ligands

TitleRecovery of radio-cesium from actual high level liquid waste using solvents containing calix[4]arene-crown-6 ligands
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsJagasia, P, Dhami, PS, Mohapatra, PK, Ansari, SA, Jadhav, SY, Kalyankar, GK, Gandhi, PM, Kharul, UK
JournalJournal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Volume5
Start Page4134-4140
Issue4
Date PublishedAUG
ISSN2213-3437
Keywords137Cs, Calix-crown-6, Cesium, fibers, Fission products, Hollow fiber contactor, Liquid membranes, liquids, PUREX-HLLW, Radioactive wastesSolvent extraction, solvent extraction, Solvents
Abstract

This paper gives two methods, viz. a solvent extraction method and a hollow fiber contactor based liquid membrane method, for the separation of radio-cesium from actual high level liquid waste (HLLW) solutions using calix[4]arene-crown-6 based solvent systems. While the solvent extraction method involved calix[4]arene-bis-benzo-crwon-6 (CBC) in PTMS (phenyltrifluoromethyl sulphone), the hollow fiber supported liquid membrane method used a polysulphone fiber containing contactor and bis-octyl-benzo-calix[4]arene-mono-crown-6 (CMC) in 40% iso-decanol + 60% n-dodecane. Both methods reported selective radio-cesium separation with almost no contamination from the associated fission product radionuclides. The radiolytic stability of the hollow fiber contactor was checked by keeping the contactor module in contact with the diluted HLLW for 50 days. The second run carried out after 50 days resulted in excellent reproducibility suggesting efficacy of this method for radioactive waste remediation.

DOI10.1016/j.jece.2017.07.055
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign)Foreign
Impact Factor (IF)1.125
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