Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Norito Ogawa

Tetsuya Miyake

Kunihiko Takeda

Kohji Inada

Kazuo Okuyama

Motohisa Asano

An isotope separation apparatus comprises a plurality of independent developing units, each comprising 2 to 20 adsorbent-packed columns forming a continuous developing circuit or passageway, and the developing units are connected to at least one common main pipe for supplying an isotope mixture solution, a regenerating agent solution, or an eluent solution. Also, in a further embodiment the developing units are connected to common liquid-discharge main pipes. The separation or concentration of isotopes such as uranium isotopes, nitrogen isotopes, boron isotopes, etc., is performed by continuously developing the isotope mixture solution passed through the individual adsorbent-packed columns successively in each developing units.

Isotope separation

A process for continuously separating uranium isotopes by oxidation-reduction reaction using an anion exchanger comprising the steps of subjecting an eluant containing a deactivated oxidizing agent and a deactivated reducing agent as a mixture to oxidation to regenerate the deactivated oxidizing agent, separating the regenerated oxidizing agent from the eluant with an anion exchanger and reusing the regenerated oxidizing agent for continuing the separation of uranium isotopes.

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Yokohama, Japan

Norito Ogawa