The behaviour of selected fission products and actinides on UTEVA® resin

Abstract

The behaviour of selected fission product elements and actinides on UTEVA® resin in HCl and HNO3 media was determined by loading a mixed solution of Sr, Y, Zr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Cs, Ba, Ce, Eu, Tb, U, Np and Pu on to UTEVA® resin. The columns were eluted with decreasing concentrations of each acid. This investigation used stable elemental standards for the fission product elements and radioactive tracers for the actinide elements. The eluted fractions were analysed using ICP-OES and ICP-MS to determine the recovery of the elements across the fractions. A comparison using valency adjustment for the separation of Pu and Np is also reported.