Ligands for f-element extraction used in the nuclear fuel cycle

A Leoncini, J Huskens, W Verboom - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid–liquid extraction is the major technique being applied for the partitioning of f-
elements from nuclear waste. In this review, the recent developments in ligand design …

Separation and complexation of f-block elements using hard-soft donors combined phenanthroline extractants

L Xu, X Yang, A Zhang, C Xu, C Xiao - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The chemical separation of minor actinides (MAs) over lanthanides from high-level waste
(HLW) is one of the hottest and most difficult topics in international separation science. N, O …

Separation of trivalent actinides and lanthanides using various 'N','S'and mixed 'N, O'donor ligands: a review

A Bhattacharyya, PK Mohapatra - Radiochimica Acta, 2019 - degruyter.com
Separation of trivalent actinide (An) and lanthanide (Ln) elements is one of the burning
topics in the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle due to the similarity in their chemical …

Tuning the alkyl chain of nitrilotriacetamide for selectively extracting trivalent Am over Eu ions

J Wang, YC Hou, YR Guo, XY Wang, SD Ding… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The successful management and safe disposal of high-level nuclear waste necessitate the
efficient separation of actinides (An) from lanthanides (Ln), which has emerged as a crucial …

Hydroxyl-group functionalized phenanthroline diimides as efficient masking agents for Am (III)/Eu (III) separation under harsh conditions

Y Liu, Y Kang, M Bao, H Cao, C Weng, X Dong… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
The separation of Lns (III) from radioactive Ans (III) in high-level liquid waste remains a
formidable hydrometallurgical challenge. Water-soluble ligands are believed to be new …

Recovery of minor actinides from high-level wastes: modern trends

MY Alyapyshev, VA Babain… - Russian Chemical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the major problems of nuclear power industry is associated with large amounts of
radioactive wastes. Contemporary reprocessing technologies of spent nuclear fuel generate …

Ligand structure optimization leads to efficient acid-resist Am (III)/Eu (III) separation in n-octanol

Y Liu, M Bao, L Wang, Y Kang, Y Dou, J Qin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Liquid-liquid extraction is the most wildly adopted industrial Lns/Ans separation approach
which takes advantages of the subtle atomic size differences for Lns and Ans. Preorganized …

Influence of a N-heterocyclic core on the binding capability of N, O-Hybrid diamide ligands toward trivalent lanthanides and actinides

R Meng, L Xu, X Yang, M Sun, C Xu… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
N, O-hybrid diamide ligands with N-heterocyclic skeletons are one of the promising
extractants for the selective separation of actinides over lanthanides in a highly acidic HNO3 …

Progress in phenanthroline-derived extractants for trivalent actinides and lanthanides separation: where to next?

X Yang, L Xu, D Fang, A Zhang, C Xiao - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Spent nuclear fuel (SNF) released from reactors possesses significant radioactivity, heat
release properties, and high-value radioactive nuclides. Therefore, using chemical methods …

New tetradentate N, O-hybrid phenanthroline-derived organophosphorus extractants for the separation and complexation of trivalent actinides and lanthanides

X Yang, S Wang, L Xu, Q Yan, C Xu… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Phenanthroline-based tetradentate ligands with hard–soft donors have been the hotspots for
the selective separation of minor actinides from lanthanides. Most of the previous studies …