Content: CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. THE NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE: PRODUCING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE NUCLEAR POWER ; BRUCE J. MINCHER ; OVERVIEW ; 2. SEPARATIONS RESEARCH FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES ; T. A. TODD ; 3. CHALLENGES FOR ACTINIDE SEPARATIONS IN ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES ; K. L. NASH AND J. C. BRALEY ; 4. ROADMAPPING NEW CLEANUP TECHNOLOGIES IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY>'S OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ; JOHN R. WILEY AND EDWIN PRZYBYLOWICZ ; SEPARATIONS CHEMISTRY ; 5. GREEN SEPARATION TECHNIQUES FOR NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT ; CHIEN M. WAI ; 6. DEVELOPMENT OF A UNIQUE PROCESS FOR RECOVERY OF URANIUM FROM INCINERATOR ASH ; SYDNEY S. KOEGLER ; 7. SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION OF MIXED WASTES: PAH, PCB, URANIUM AND LANTHANUM IN SOLID MATRICES ; JOANNA S. WANG, WENYEN CHANG, HUAKWANG YAK, AND KONGHWA CHIU ; 8. ACTINIDE(III) RECOVERY FROM HIGH ACTIVE WASTE SOLUTIONS USING INNOVATIVE PARTITIONING PROCESSES ; GIUSEPPE MODOLO ; 9. COMBINING RESIN ; N. SURUGAYA, Y. SANO, M. YAMAMOTO, A.
Author(s): Chien M. Wai and Bruce J. Mincher (Eds.)
Series: ACS Symposium Series 1046
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 421
Cover Page......Page 1
Title: Nuclear Energy and the Environment......Page 4
ISBN 9780841225855......Page 5
Foreword......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgement......Page 10
Introduction......Page 11
1 The Nuclear Renaissance: Producing Environmentally Sustainable Nuclear Power......Page 13
Overview......Page 21
2 Separations Research for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles......Page 23
3 Challenges for Actinide Separations in Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles......Page 29
4 Roadmapping New Cleanup Technologies in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management......Page 49
Separations Chemistry......Page 61
5 Green Separation Techniques for Nuclear Waste Management......Page 63
6 Development of a Unique Process for Recovery of Uranium from Incinerator Ash......Page 75
7 Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Mixed Wastes: PAH, PCB, Uranium and Lanthanum in Solid Matrices......Page 89
8 Actinide(III) Recovery from High Active Waste Solutions Using Innovative Partitioning Processes......Page 99
9 Combining Octyl(phenyl)-N,N-diisobutylcarbamoylmethylphosphine Oxide and Bis-(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric Acid Extractants for Recov......Page 117
10 Development of a Novel GANEX Process......Page 129
11 Extraction Chromatographic Separation of Trivalent Minor Actinides Using iHex-BTP/SiO2-P Resin......Page 141
12 Recent Advances in the Development of the Hybrid Sulfur Process for Hydrogen Production......Page 151
13 Green Process for Uranium Separations Utilizing Molybdenum Trioxide......Page 165
14 Alpha Spectrometry of Thick Samples for Environmental and Bioassay Monitoring......Page 179
Radiation Chemistry......Page 189
15 An Overview of Selected Radiation Chemical Reactions Affecting Fuel Cycle Solvent Extraction......Page 191
16 Aqueous Nitric Acid Radiation Effects on Solvent Extraction Process Chemistry......Page 203
17 Nitration Mechanisms of Anisole during Gamma Irradiation of Aqueous Nitrite and Nitrate Solutions......Page 215
18 Radiolytic Degradation of Heterocyclic Nitrogen Containing Ligands from Low Dose-Rate Gamma Sources......Page 225
19 Kinetics and Efficiencies of Radiolytic Degradation in Lanthanide/Actinide Separation Ligands NOPOPO......Page 241
20 Effects of Aqueous Phase Radiolysis on Lactic Acid Under TALSPEAK Conditions......Page 253
21 DIAMEX Solvent Behavior under Continuous Degradation and Regeneration Operations......Page 265
22 Steady-State Radiolysis: Effects of Dissolved Additives......Page 281
Repository Chemistry......Page 307
23 Bridging the Gap in the Chemical Thermodynamic Database for Nuclear Waste Repository: Studies of the Effect of Temperature on Ac......Page 309
24 Evaluation of THOR Mineralized Waste Forms (Granular and Monolith) for the DOE Advanced Remediation Technologies (ART) Phase 2 Project......Page 329
25 Effects of Organic Acids on Biotransformation of Acinides......Page 343
26 The Role of Dissolved Hydrogen on the Corrosion/Dissolution of Spent Nuclear Fuel......Page 359
27 Integrated Repository Science for the Long-Term Prediction of Nuclear Waste Disposal......Page 391
Indexes......Page 415
Subject Index......Page 416
