Young Shin Jeon

Lithium isotope separation on a monobenzo-15-crown-5 resin

A study on the separation of Li isotopes was carried out with a resin having monobenzo-15-crown-5 as a functional group, synthesized by substitution reaction of chloromethylated styrene-DVB copolymer with 4′-aminobenzo-15-crown-5. Adsorption properties of the resin for Li+ were invesgated with batch method in various solvents and counter anions. Upon column chromatography [0.9 cm (I. D.)×25 cm (height)] using 5% (v/v) H2O in acetonitrile as an eluent, single separation factor, α, 1.053 (±0.005), (6Li/7Li)resin/ (6Li/7Li) solution was obtained by the GLUECKAUF method from the elution curve and isotope ratios.

Lithium isotope separation by chemical exchange with polymer-bound azacrown compounds

The chromatographic separation of lithium isotopes was investigated by chemical exchange with the recently synthesized polymer-bound dibenzo pyridino diamide azacrown (DBPDA) and reduced dibenzo pyridino diamide azacrown (RDBPDA). Column chromatography was employed for the determination of the effect of solvents and ligand conformation on the separation coefficients. The maximum separation coefficients, ε, for the DBPDA and RDBPDA at 20.0±0.02°C with acetonitrile as eluent, were found to be 0.034±0.002 and 0.035±0.002, respectively. The isotope separation coefficient and adsorption capability of the lithium ion on the DBPDA and RDBPDA were only slightly dependent on ligand structure, but strongly dependent on the solvent. DBPDA and RDBPDA appeared to have almost the same value for the isotope separation coefficient of lithium.

LOCAL BURNUP CHARACTERISTICS OF PWR SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS DISCHARGED FROM YEONGGWANG-2 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Spent UO₂ nuclear fuel discharged from a nuclear power plant (NPP) contains fission products, U, Pu, and other actinides. Due to neutron capture by 238 U in the rim region and a temperature gradient between the center and the rim of a fuel pellet, a considerable increase in the concentration of fission products, Pu, and other actinides are expected in the pellet periphery of high burnup fuel. The characterization of the radial profiles of the various isotopic concentrations is our main concern. For an analysis, spent nuclear fuels originating from the Yeonggwang-2 pressurized water reactor (PWR) were chosen as the test specimens. In this work, the distributions of some actinide isotopes were measured from center to rim of the spent fuel specimens by a radiation shielded laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (LA-ICP-MS) system. Sampling was performed along the diameter of the specimen by reducing the sampling intervals from 500 μm in the center to 100 μm in the pellet periphery region. It was observed that the isotopic concentration ratios for minor actinides in the center of the specimen remain almost constant and increase near the pellet periphery due to the rim effect apart from the 236 U to 235 U ratio, which remains approximately constant. In addition, the distributions of local burnup were derived from the measured isotope ratios by applying the relationship between burnup and isotopic ratio for plutonium and minor actinides calculated by the ORIGEN2 code.

Separation of Lithium Isotopes by Aminobenzo-15-Crown-5 Bonded Merrifield Resin

Elution chromatographic separation of lithium isotopes was carried out with aminobenzo-15-crown-5 bonded merrifield resin. This resin have a capacity of 0.24 meq/g dry resin. By column chromatography using 1.0M NH4Cl solution as an eluent, a single separation factor 1.026 was obtained from the elution curve and isotope ratios according to the Glucckauf theory. The heavier isotope, 7Li was concentrated in the resin phase, while the lighter isotope, 6Li enriched in the solution phase.

Separation of magnesium isotopes by chemical exchange with a polymer-bound azacrown compound

The chromatographic separation of magnesium isotopes was investigated by chemical exchange with the recently synthesized 1-oxa-4,7,10,13-tetraazacyclopentadecane-4,7,10,13-tetramerrifield peptide resin [N4O·4M]. The capacity of the novel N4O-4 Merrifield ion exchanger was 1.0 meq/g dry resin. The heavier isotope26Mg concentrated in the resin phase, while the lighter isotopes24Mg, and25Mg are enriched in the fluid phase. The maximum separation factors α, for25Mg−26Mg and24Mg−26Mg were found to be 1.048 and 1.022, respectively, at 20.0±0.02 °C with 2.0 M ammonium chloride solution as an eluent.

Burnup Determination of High Burnup and Dry Processed Fuels Based on Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometric Measurements

Destructive methods were used for the burnup determination of a PWR nuclear fuel irradiated to a high burnup in power reactors, and of a dry processed fuel fabricated from a spent PWR fuel and irradiated in the Hanaro research reactor. The total burnup was determined from a measurement of the Nd and Cs isotope burnup monitors. The methods included U, Pu, 148Nd, 145Nd+146Nd, total of the Nd isotopes, 133Cs and 137Cs determinations by the isotope dilution mass spectrometric method (IDMS) by using quadrupole spikes (233U, 242Pu, 150Nd, and 133Cs). The methods involved two sequential anion exchange resin (AG 1X8 and 1X4) separation procedures and a Cs purification with a cation exchange resin (AG 50WX4) separation procedure. The results obtained by the Nd and Cs isotopes from the mass spectrometric measurement were compared with those by the ORIGEN code.

Enrichment of Magnesium Isotopes by N3O2 Azacrown Ion Exchange Resin

The elution chromatographic separation of magnesium isotopes was investigated by chemical ion exchange with the synthesized 1,7-dioxa-4,10,13-triazacyclopentadecane-4,10,13-trimerrifield peptide resin [N3O2·3M]. The capacity of novel N3O2 azacrown ion exchanger was 0.21 meq/g dry resin. The heavier isotopes of magnesium concentrated in the resin phase, while the lighter isotopes are enriched in the solution phase. The glass ion exchange column used in our experiment was 30 cm long with inner diameter of 0.2 cm, and the 2.0M NH4Cl solution was used as an eluent. The separation factors of 24Mg-25Mg, 25Mg-26Mg, and 24Mg-26Mg were 1.030, 1.009, and 1.027, respectively.

SEPARATION OF LITHIUM ISOTOPE BY AZACROWN TETRAMERRIFIELD PEPTIDE RESIN

A study on the separation of lithium isotope was carried out with N4O azacrown ion exchange resin. The lighter6Li isotope concentrated in the solution phase, while the heavier7Li isotope is enriched in the resin phase. Upon column chromatography (0.3 cm I.D.×15.5cm height) using 0.5M NH4Cl as an eluent, single separation factor, α=1.00127 was obtained.

SEPARATION OF LITHIUM ISOTOPES WITH THE N3O2 TRIMERRIFIELD PEPTIDE RESIN

A study on the separation of lithium isotopes was carried out with 1,13-dioxa-4,7,10-triazacyclopentadecane-4,7,10-trimerrifield peptide resin [N3O23M]. The resin having N3O2 as an anchor group has a capacity of 0.2 meq/g dry resin. Upon column chromatography [0.1 cm (I.D)×30 cm (height)] using 1.0M NH4Cl solution as an eluent, a single separation factor of 1.00104 was obtained from the elution curve and isotope ratios based on theGlueckauf theory. The heavier isotope,7Li concentrated in the resin phase, while the lighter isotope,6Li enriched in the solution phase.

Separation of magnesium isotopes by N4S2 azacrown ion exchanger

The chromatographic separation of magnesium isotopes was investigated by chemical ion exchange with 1,16-dithia-4,7,10,13-tetraazacyclooctadecane-4,7,10,13-tetramerrifield peptide resin[N4S2·4M] synthesized recently. The capacity of novel N4S2 azacrown ion exchanger was 0.34 meq/g dry resin. The heavier isotopes of magnesium concentrated in the resin phase, while the lighter isotopes are enriched in the solution phase. The glass ion exchange column used was 30 cm long with inner diameter of 0.2 cm, and the 1.0M NH4Cl solution was used as an eluent. The separation factors of24Mg−25Mg,25Mg−26Mg, and24Mg−26Mg were 1.047, 1007, and 1.008, respectively.