RadiochemistryPub Date : 2025-02-17DOI: 10.1134/S1066362224060195
H. M. Qadr
{"title":"Measurement of Radon and Thoron Concentrations in Rock Samples from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Using Track Etch Detectors","authors":"H. M. Qadr","doi":"10.1134/S1066362224060195","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362224060195","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The radon and thoron concentrations in sixteen types of rock samples collected from different areas in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, were determined using the tube technique with CR-39 solid-state detector. The radon and thoron concentrations in rock samples varied from 189 to 91 and from 112 to 54 Bq m<sup>−3</sup>, respectively. The average radon and thoron concentrations in the sampling areas were 132 and 78 Bq m<sup>−3</sup>, respectively. The radon concentrations were below the suggested range of 200 to 600 Bq m<sup>−3</sup> as recommended by ICRP. In addition, parameters related to the potential radiological hazards were calculated for the rock samples. The mean values of the estimated equilibrium potential alpha energy concentrations and annual effective dose for inhaled radon and thoron in the rock samples were 21.47, 2.117 mWL, and 1.252, 0.549 mSv year<sup>–1</sup>, respectively. These values were compared with international standards.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 6","pages":"937 - 943"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2025-02-17DOI: 10.1134/S1066362224060183
A. A. Rodionova, I. E. Vlasova, V. O. Yapaskurt, V. G. Petrov, S. E. Vinokurov
{"title":"Temperature Dependence of the Sorption and Distribution of Cs, Sr, and Am on Fractured Rock Minerals of the Nizhnekansky Massif","authors":"A. A. Rodionova, I. E. Vlasova, V. O. Yapaskurt, V. G. Petrov, S. E. Vinokurov","doi":"10.1134/S1066362224060183","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362224060183","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The heat generation by high-level waste raises the temperature in the near-surface zone of the repository, and the effect of this factor on the behavior of radionuclides in the host fractured rock environment upon deep disposal of radioactive waste (RW) should be considered in predictive modeling. The sorption behavior and spatial distribution of Cs, Sr, and Am on the surface of a fractured rock sample of the Nizhnekansky massif depending on temperature were studied. The distribution coefficients of Sr and Am on the sample surface increase with increasing temperature from 25 to 70°C, whereas the Cs distribution coefficient does not increase. This difference may be associated with different mechanisms of the sorption of these radionuclides. Cs, Sr, and Am are nonuniformly distributed on mineral phases of the fractured sample and are preferentially retained on Ca(Sr)-zeolite forming the mineral composition of the fractures. The coefficients of the phase distribution of radionuclides on separate mineral phases/associations were determined by quantitative analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 6","pages":"927 - 936"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2025-02-17DOI: 10.1134/S1066362224060018
V. A. Mazgunova, A. I. Kostylev, V. A. Babain, M. Yu. Alyapyshev
{"title":"An Integrated Closed Loop Flowsheet for Production of Highly Enriched 63Ni and Deposition of 63Ni Coatings","authors":"V. A. Mazgunova, A. I. Kostylev, V. A. Babain, M. Yu. Alyapyshev","doi":"10.1134/S1066362224060018","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362224060018","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The existing technologies for the production, separation, and purification of <sup>63</sup>Ni, as well as methods for the deposition of nickel coatings to fabricate a betavoltaic nuclear battery have been reviewed. A new integrated closed loop flowsheet for the production of highly enriched <sup>63</sup>Ni and deposition of <sup>63</sup>Ni coatings using a single reagent, phosphorus trifluoride (PF<sub>3</sub>), in all stages of the process is proposed. The use of tetrakis(trifluorophosphine)nickel [Ni(PF<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub>] allows isotopic enrichment of <sup>62</sup>Ni and <sup>63</sup>Ni, purification of irradiated Ni from radioactive impurities, and deposition of highly enriched <sup>63</sup>Ni onto a semiconductor substrate. The proposed flowsheet allows the amount of the liquid radioactive waste generated during isotope purification and coating deposition to be reduced as compared to traditional “wet” chemistry methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 6","pages":"787 - 795"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S1066362224060018.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1134/S1066362224050096
A. V. Rovneiko, O. L. Tashlykov, I. A. Filin, A. P. Khomyakov, S. E. Shcheklein, A. N. Sesekin
{"title":"Decontamination of Sodium in the Primary Circuit of Fast Sodium-Cooled Reactors","authors":"A. V. Rovneiko, O. L. Tashlykov, I. A. Filin, A. P. Khomyakov, S. E. Shcheklein, A. N. Sesekin","doi":"10.1134/S1066362224050096","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362224050096","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Invaluable experience of the designing, construction, and operation of sodium-cooled fast reactors, of prolongation of their lifetime, and of their decommissioning has been accumulated in Russia. The BN-600 reactor facility is being prepared for repeated prolongation of the lifetime up to the year 2040. The problem of preparing BN-600 for the decommissioning becomes topical, because this final step of the life cycle of the power unit is time-, material-, and labor-consuming and requires expensive measures for reducing dose loads, the more so as this reactor type is unique. To reduce these expenditures, it is necessary to choose the most effective technologies. Problems of sodium pretreatment to remove radioactive impurities and thus to minimize the staff dose loads when draining the BN-600 sodium coolant and decommissioning the reactor facility are being discussed today. The paper presents data on the radioactive contamination of hot and cold parts of sodium circuits and on the ways of sodium treatment to remove impurities. The processes of sodium decontamination from cesium with MAVR small adsorbers and cesium-accumulating traps are considered in detail for the BN-350 reactor facility as example. The paper objectives are to inform specialists on the experience on treatment of sodium from the primary circuit and to recommend the positively assessed technologies. The study is aimed at justifying the need for removing cesium isotopes from sodium as a preliminary step to reduce the staff dose loads prior to the decommissioning of fast sodium-cooled reactors.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 5","pages":"656 - 662"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142798525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1134/S1066362224050059
Walid M. Youssef, Entesar M. El Gammal, Sherien H. Ahmed, Mostafa I. Amin
{"title":"Studying the Performance of Aminotrimethylenephosphonic Acid for the Removal of Iron with Subsequent Recovery of Uranium from Sulfate Leach Liquor","authors":"Walid M. Youssef, Entesar M. El Gammal, Sherien H. Ahmed, Mostafa I. Amin","doi":"10.1134/S1066362224050059","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362224050059","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examined the effectiveness of using aminotrimethylenephosphonic acid (ATMP) as a chelating agent to remove iron from Abu Zeneima sulfate leach liquor (AZSLL) and recover uranium as a result. Key parameters including pH, ATMP to sample volume ratio, contact time, and temperature were systematically examined to find the ideal conditions for iron removal. The findings revealed a remarkable selectivity in iron removal by precipitation with 0.05 M aminotrimethylenephosphonic acid (ATMP) per 10 mL of the sample: 90% of iron was precipitated, which is equivalent to approximately 20.5 mg, without adversely impacting uranium content. The iron amputation provided a favorable opportunity for the subsequent recovery of uranium, employing trioctylamine (TOA) as the extracting agent. TOA dissolved in benzene demonstrated efficiency in uranium recovery. The effect of the type of stripping solution, organic/aqueous phase volume ratio, contact time, and temperature on the uranium stripping was examined. Under the optimized conditions, with a maximum stripping efficiency of 98%, the uranium concentration in the resulting solution reached 451.58 mg/L.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 5","pages":"624 - 632"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142798484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1134/S1066362224050011
A. V. Voronina
{"title":"Investigation of the Causes of Appearance of Step-Shaped Form of Sorption Isotherm","authors":"A. V. Voronina","doi":"10.1134/S1066362224050011","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362224050011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The paper analyzes the causes of the appearance of steps with plateaus of different lengths in sorption isotherms, based on experimental and literature data. Examples of step-shaped isotherms are given to illustrate each type of causes. It is shown that the following factors can cause the deviation of sorption isotherms from linearity and the appearance of steps: sorbent polyfunctionality, the presence of sorption sites with significantly different specificity to sorbate; sorbate heterogeneity, the presence of inert sorbable sorbate species; chemical transformation of sorbents in the course of sorption with the formation of new phases, including processes involving solution components; sequential change of sorption mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 5","pages":"589 - 608"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142798274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1134/S1066362224050151
D. D. Vaulina, O. F. Kuznetsova, V. V. Orlovskaya, O. S. Fedorova, R. N. Krasikova
{"title":"Erratum to: Automated Synthesis of [N-Methyl-11C]choline, Radiopharmaceutical for Tumor Imaging by PET","authors":"D. D. Vaulina, O. F. Kuznetsova, V. V. Orlovskaya, O. S. Fedorova, R. N. Krasikova","doi":"10.1134/S1066362224050151","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362224050151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 5","pages":"782 - 782"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S1066362224050151.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142798277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1134/S106636222405014X
K. Yu. Mokrov
{"title":"Determination of the Fractionation Coefficient of Cesium-137 in an Aqueous Aerosol under Laboratory Condiotions","authors":"K. Yu. Mokrov","doi":"10.1134/S106636222405014X","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S106636222405014X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>It is known that the concentration ratio of chemical elements in an aqueous aerosol (AA) can differ significantly from that of the same elements in the aqueous medium (AM) from which this AA was formed. Different accumulation (fractionation) of elements in AA occurs in the surface microlayer of water and is observed only for water-soluble microimpurities, whereas dissolved salts present in macroscopic concentrations undergo no accumulation. For radionuclides, the relative fractionation coefficient <i>F</i>(<i>X</i>/Cs) is defined as the degree of accumulation of the activity of radionuclide <i>X</i> in AA relative to another, reference radionuclide (<sup>137</sup>Cs). The values of <i>F</i>(<i>X</i>/Cs) were determined previously under natural conditions in the region of V-9 intermediate-level liquid radioactive waste storage reservoir (Lake Karachay) by analyzing the ratio of the volume activities of the radionuclides in water, <i>R</i><sup>W</sup>(Cs/<i>X</i>), and in AA (in air), <i>R</i><sup>A</sup>(Cs/<i>X</i>): <i>F</i>(<i>X</i>/Cs) = <i>R</i><sup>A</sup>(Cs/<i>X</i>)/<i>R</i><sup>W</sup>(Cs/<i>X</i>). Attempts to estimate the absolute fractionation coefficient of <sup>137</sup>Cs, <i>F</i>(Cs), in AA relative to its content in AM failed. A procedure was suggested for determining the absolute fractionation coefficient of <sup>137</sup>Cs, <i>F</i>(Cs), in AA relative to its content in AM under laboratory conditions. The procedure was tested with a model AM with the parameters close to those of V-9 reservoir (<sup>137</sup>Cs volume activity 0.17 MBq/L, dry residue ~10 g/L). The integral value of <i>F</i>(<sup>137</sup>Cs) for the model AM (for all the aqueous aerosol particles of size smaller than ~100 μm) varied from 4.4 to 6.5.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 5","pages":"702 - 708"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142798500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1134/S1066362224050035
V. L. Sofronov, V. A. Lavrentyev
{"title":"Obtaining Nitric Acid Solutions of Uranyl at Deficiency of NO3– Anions","authors":"V. L. Sofronov, V. A. Lavrentyev","doi":"10.1134/S1066362224050035","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362224050035","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The dissolution of uranium oxides of various chemical compositions at different nitric acid solution concentrations and flow rates with obtaining uranyl nitrate solutions with a deficiency of NO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> anions was studied. The dependences of the solubility of uranyl hydroxonitrates on the nitric acid deficiency relative to stoichiometry and temperature were determined. It was shown that the solubility of hydroxonitrates in these solutions is higher than the solubility of uranyl nitrates obtained with stoichiometric or excess nitric acid content. In addition, the solubility of hydroxonitrates increases with temperature. The kinetics of uranium oxide dissolution in various temperature regimes with the formation of solutions with nitric acid deficiency relative to stoichiometry were studied. The initial dissolution rate of U<sub>3</sub>O<sub>8</sub> in uranyl nitrate solution was determined in the temperature range from 40 to 104°C.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 5","pages":"614 - 623"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142798273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RadiochemistryPub Date : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1134/S1066362224050102
L. Yu. Jabbarova, I. I. Mustafaev
{"title":"Optimal Temperatures and Dose Rates in Radiation-Thermal Processing of Oil Bitumen Sands","authors":"L. Yu. Jabbarova, I. I. Mustafaev","doi":"10.1134/S1066362224050102","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1066362224050102","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The article presents the results of studies of the effect of heat and ionizing radiation on oil extraction from natural bitumen sands (BS) of Azerbaijan. The combined effect of heat (20–500°C) and ionizing radiation at dose rates of 1 and 470 Gy/s was studied. The reactions of radical products generated by ionizing radiation depend on the temperature and rate of their generation, determined by the radiation power. The ratio of the rates of thermal and radiation-thermal reactions is the most universal characteristic. This value is a function of temperature and dose rate. The temperature and dose rate intervals for radiation-thermal processing of oil bitumen sands are calculated. The results obtained allow the evaluation of possibility of obtaining oil products by the radiation-thermal (RT) method. The use of radiation technologies for the organization of industrial production of synthetic oil from natural bitumen sands and heavy oils will have a positive effect from the point of view of environmental protection, since materials that pollute the environment are used in the production of electricity.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"66 5","pages":"709 - 718"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142798275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}