New Separation Chemistry Techniques for Radioactive Waste and Other Specific Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Welcome Address....Pages 3-5
Opening Address....Pages 7-10
Areas Where Advanced Separation Techniques are Desirable....Pages 11-19
Review of New Extractants Potentially Applicable to the Processing of Radioactive Liquid Wastes....Pages 20-20
The Truex Process: A Vital Tool for Disposal of U.S. Defense Nuclear Waste....Pages 21-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Highly Selective and Micellar Extraction of Uranyl and Alkaline-Earth Cations....Pages 33-33
Extraction of Metal Ions by Neutral ß-Diphosphoramides....Pages 34-40
Treatment of Nuclear Waste Solutions Using a New Class of Extractants: Pentaalkyl Propane Diamides....Pages 41-48
Research for Actinides Extractants from Various Wastes....Pages 49-56
N,N Dialkylaliphatic Amides as Extractant of Platinum Group Metals....Pages 57-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Application of the Teseo Process for Actinide Removal from Liquid Alpha Wastes Generated During UO2-PuO2 Fuel Fabrication Campaigns....Pages 67-72
Separation of Am, Eu And Ce from Liquid Wastes with CMPO by Extraction Chromatography....Pages 73-79
The Extraction of Acitnides and Other Constituents from Highly Active Waste (HAW) by Trialkyl Phosphine Oxide (TRPO)....Pages 80-86
Actinides Removal by Means of Octyl(Phenyl)-N,N-Diisobutyl Carbamoyl Methyl Phosphine Oxide (CMPO) Sorbed on Silica....Pages 87-94
Application of the CMPO Extractant (Supported Liquid Membrane) for the Alpha Decontamination of Marcoule Reprocessing Concentrate....Pages 95-105
Comparison between CMPO and DHDECMP for Alpha Decontamination of Radioactive Liquid Waste....Pages 106-115
Application of CMPO Containing Gels to Metal Extraction....Pages 116-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Potential Industrial Applications of Calixarenes....Pages 125-132
Special Calixarenes, Synthesis and Properties....Pages 133-141
Calixspherands as Ligands for the Complexation of Radioactive Rubidium—81....Pages 142-149
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Research Activities on Calixarenes....Pages 150-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
General Properties of Crown-Ethers and their Potential for Applications in Analytical and Preparative Chemistry....Pages 153-162
Possible Applications of Crown-Ethers to Metal Extraction Using Liquid Membrane Technology A Literature Survey....Pages 163-172
Application of Crown-Ethers to Caesium and Strontium Removal from Marcoule Reprocessing Concentrate....Pages 173-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Synthesis of Macrocyclic Ligands and their Application in the Separation of Rare Earths....Pages 189-198
Separation of Actinides with Alkylpyridinium Nitrates....Pages 199-206
Phosphonomethyl Substituted Phenols a New Class of Absorbers and Extractants for Metals....Pages 207-212
Actinide Separations by High Pressure Cation Exchange — The Neptunium Case....Pages 213-218
Separation of Metal Ions by Complexation-Ultraftltration....Pages 219-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Preparation and Properties of Hexacyanoferrates for the Removal of Caesium from Radioactive Waste Streams: A Review....Pages 231-243
The Combination of Finely Divided Inorganic Ion Exchangers and Ultrafiltration for the Treatment of Low- and Medium-Level Waste....Pages 244-252
Use of Hydrated Antimony Pentoxide (HAP) for Fission Product Removal from Irradiated U Solutions: Application to a Homogeneous Reactor Fuel Reprocessing....Pages 253-265
Caesium Decontamination from MTR Waste Solution....Pages 266-271
Selective Ion Exchange for Chromium Recovery from Tannery Wastes....Pages 272-280
Novel Organic, Inorganic and Modified Inorganic Materials for Waste Treatment....Pages 281-285
The EIX Process for Radioactive Waste Treatment....Pages 286-295
Back Matter....Pages 297-307