Tritium Labeling and Phase Distribution of 18-Crown-6 and Its Derivatives for Further Reprocessing of Radium Waste

Andrey G. Kazakov, Taisya Y. Ekatova, Julia S. Babenya, Sergey E. Vinokurov () and Gennady A. Badun
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Andrey G. Kazakov: Radiochemistry Laboratory, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GEOKHI RAS), Kosygin St., 19, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Taisya Y. Ekatova: Radiochemistry Laboratory, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GEOKHI RAS), Kosygin St., 19, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Julia S. Babenya: Radiochemistry Laboratory, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GEOKHI RAS), Kosygin St., 19, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Sergey E. Vinokurov: Radiochemistry Laboratory, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GEOKHI RAS), Kosygin St., 19, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Gennady A. Badun: Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Leninskie Gory, 1, Bld. 10, 119991 Moscow, Russia

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 19, 1-9

Abstract: To date, the world has accumulated a large amount of long-lived radioactive materials that need to be disposed of or reprocessed. Such materials include nuclear legacy objects containing 226 Ra, which is an important material for obtaining a wide range of isotopes for nuclear medicine via irradiation in reactors, cyclotrons, and electron accelerators. For the selective recovery of 226 Ra from waste materials, crown-ether (CE) 18-crown-6 (18C6) or its derivatives can be used, which, however, have not been widely studied for these purposes. In our work, the key property of 18C6 and its derivatives, the phase distribution, was studied using tritium labeling. The possibility of introducing a tritium label into CEs molecules using thermal activation of tritium has been demonstrated; a high specific activity of the obtained compounds was achieved (from 18 to 108 TBq/mol). Methods for chromatographic purification of the studied CEs were developed. The distribution of 18C6 and its derivatives between various organic solvents and water was studied in detail for the first time. Subsequently, the obtained data will allow us to choose conditions for the selective recovery of 226 Ra from aged sources.

Keywords: crown-ethers; 18-crown-6; tritium; labeling; thin-layer chromatography; column chromatography; phase distribution; solvents; liquid scintillation counting; radium waste reprocessing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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