• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.569-574
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• 2005

A coupled column liquid chromatography system was applied for the separation of the burnup monitors in spent nuclear fuel sample solutions. A reversed phase column was studied for the adsorption behavior of uranyl ions using alpha-hydroxyisobutyric acid as an eluent and used for the separation of plutonium and uranium. A cation exchange column prepared by coating 1-eicosylsulfate onto the reversed phase column was used for the separation of the lanthanides. In addition, retention of Np was checked with the reversed phase column and cation exchange column, respectively, according to the oxidation states to observe the interference effect for the separation of burnup monitors. This chromatography system showed a great reduction in separation time compared to a conventional anion exchange method. A good agreement from the burnup data was obtained between for this method and a conventional anion exchange method to within 1% of a difference for the spent nuclear fuel samples of about 40 GWD/MTU.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.142-148
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• 1983

핵급물질에 함유된 미량 희토류윈소인 Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy를 개별 분리하기 위해 Dowex50W$\times$8 양이온교환수지와 $\alpha$-hydroxyisobutyric acid ($\alpha$-HIBA) 사이에서 분배계수를 측정하였다. 양이온교환수지를 이용하여 우라늄매질로부터 미량희토류원소를 군분리한 후 0.40M$\alpha$-HIBA용리액의 pH를 3.40에서 3.60까지 변화시키면서 개별분리하였다. Sm, Eu, Dy은 형광분석법으로 Gd은 비색법으로 정량하였으며 실험결과를 토대로하여 magnesium diuranate(yellow cake) 중의 Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy를 각각 정량하였다