CN114888057A - Harmless treatment method for rare earth radioactive waste residues - Google Patents

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CN114888057A
CN114888057A CN202210554410.5A CN202210554410A CN114888057A CN 114888057 A CN114888057 A CN 114888057A CN 202210554410 A CN202210554410 A CN 202210554410A CN 114888057 A CN114888057 A CN 114888057A
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The invention belongs to the technical field of solid waste treatment, and provides a harmless treatment method of rare earth radioactive waste residues. The harmless treatment method of the invention mixes the rare earth radioactive waste residue and the leaching agent for leaching to obtain the primary purified waste residue; and washing the primarily purified waste residue to obtain harmless waste residue. According to the harmless treatment method provided by the invention, the leaching agent with the concentration of 6-8 mol/L is used for leaching the rare earth radioactive waste residues at the temperature of 60-70 ℃, so that rare earth elements and radioactive elements in the rare earth radioactive waste residues can be leached into a leaching solution; and then the primarily purified waste residue obtained after leaching is washed with water, and the leached rare earth elements and radioactive elements remained in the primarily purified waste residue are transferred into a washing solution, so that the rare earth radioactive waste residue is converted into general solid waste, the storage pressure of a slag warehouse is relieved, and the influence of the rare earth radioactive waste residue on production personnel and the surrounding environment is reduced.

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Harmless treatment method for rare earth radioactive waste residues
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of solid waste treatment, in particular to a harmless treatment method of rare earth radioactive waste residues.
Background
The rare earth minerals in China are various in variety, and are the only rare earth resource big countries in the world which can supply a large amount of rare earth minerals of different varieties and grades. Rare earth is used as an important mineral resource in the present day, and has wide application in petrochemical industry, glass, ceramics, steel, luminescent materials, hydrogen storage materials and magnetic materials. In recent years, the demand of rare earth products is increasing day by day, the rare earth mining and smelting industry is also rapidly developed, but the rare earth waste residue containing a large amount of radioactive elements is produced in the rare earth separation process.
The rare earth waste slag is a general name of acid dissolving slag, tempering slag and neutralization slag produced in the processes of acid dissolving, tempering, neutralizing and the like of rare earth raw ore, rare earth concentrate and the like. Many rare earth minerals (rare earth raw ore and rare earth concentrate) are associated with radioactive elements, for example, rare earth raw ore and rare earth concentrate such as monazite and bastnaesite used in rare earth smelting separation are associated with radioactive elements such as thorium, uranium and radium, in a rare earth extraction process such as acid dissolution, the mineral structure is damaged, part of the radioactive elements are released and enter rare earth feed liquid, and the associated radioactive elements are further enriched in the ore dressing, smelting and separation of rare earth and are transferred to slag through the processes of acid dissolution, adjustment, neutralization and the like to form rare earth radioactive waste slag. And the rare earth radioactive waste residues are not further treated, and a special rare earth radioactive waste residue library is established by a general rare earth separation enterprise and is uniformly stored. With the continuous operation of rare earth separation enterprises, rare earth radioactive waste residues can be continuously produced, the storage pressure of the slag warehouse is very high, the capability of the slag warehouse for resisting natural disasters is weak, and great potential safety hazards are caused to the surrounding environment and the health of personnel.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention aims to provide a method for harmless treatment of rare earth radioactive waste residues. The harmless treatment method provided by the invention can convert the rare earth radioactive waste residues into general solid waste, and reduces the influence of the rare earth radioactive waste residues on production personnel and surrounding environment while relieving the storage pressure of a slag warehouse.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:
the invention provides a harmless treatment method of rare earth radioactive waste residues, which comprises the following steps:
mixing the rare earth radioactive waste residue with a leaching agent, and leaching to obtain primary purified waste residue;
washing the primarily purified waste residue to obtain harmless waste residue;
the leaching agent comprises an inorganic acid;
the concentration of the leaching agent is 6-8 mol/L;
the leaching temperature is 60-70 ℃, and the heat preservation time is 1-2 h.
Preferably, the dosage ratio of the rare earth radioactive waste residue to the leaching agent is 1 g: 4-6 mL.
Preferably, the number of washing is 2-4.
Preferably, the washed reagent comprises water; the washing temperature is 60-70 ℃, and the washing time is 1-2 h; the washing is carried out under stirring.
Preferably, the leaching also results in a leachate; washing to obtain a washing solution; combining the leaching solution and the washing solution to be used as a liquid phase for radioactive element enrichment;
the radioactive element enrichment comprises:
mixing the liquid phase with a salting-out agent to obtain a salting-out liquid phase;
extracting the salting-out liquid phase by using an extracting agent to obtain an extract phase;
and (3) sequentially washing and back-extracting the extract phase to obtain back-extraction solution.
Preferably, the extracting agent comprises a complexing agent and a diluent, the complexing agent is a neutral complexing extracting agent or an acidic complexing extracting agent, the mass percentage of the complexing agent in the extracting agent is 20-30%, the extracting temperature is 10-20 ℃, and the extracting times are 3-6.
Preferably, the stripping agent for stripping comprises inorganic acid, the concentration of the stripping agent is 0.5-2 mol/L, and the stripping temperature is 60-80 ℃.
Preferably, the extraction also yields a raffinate; washing with water to obtain a washing solution; combining the raffinate and the water washing liquid to be used as a water phase for ion exchange;
the ion exchange comprises: and adjusting the pH value of the water phase to 2.5-3.0, placing the water phase on an ion exchange column, and leaching and analyzing the water phase in sequence.
Preferably, the packing of the ion exchange column comprises a strongly basic anionic resin.
Preferably, the eluted eluting agent comprises a citric acid solution, and the mass concentration of the eluting agent is 0.1-0.5%; the analytic agent comprises inorganic acid, and the concentration of the analytic agent is 1-3 mol/L.
The invention provides a harmless treatment method of rare earth radioactive waste residues, which comprises the following steps: mixing the rare earth radioactive waste residue with a leaching agent, and leaching to obtain primary purified waste residue; washing the primarily purified waste residue to obtain harmless waste residue; the leaching agent comprises an inorganic acid; the concentration of the leaching agent is 6-8 mol/L; the leaching temperature is 60-70 ℃, and the heat preservation time is 1-2 h. According to the harmless treatment method provided by the invention, the leaching agent with the concentration of 6-8 mol/L is used for leaching the rare earth radioactive waste residues at 60-70 ℃, so that most of rare earth elements and radioactive elements in the rare earth radioactive waste residues can be leached into a leaching solution, and meanwhile, the leaching of a large amount of iron, silicon and aluminum can be avoided, and the subsequent separation and enrichment of the rare earth elements and the radioactive elements are facilitated; and then washing the primarily purified waste residue obtained after leaching, transferring the leached rare earth elements and radioactive elements remained in the primarily purified waste residue into washing liquid, so as to convert the rare earth radioactive waste residue into general solid waste, slow down the storage pressure of a slag warehouse and reduce the influence of the rare earth radioactive waste residue on production personnel and the surrounding environment.
Furthermore, the invention carries out radioactive element enrichment on the leaching solution obtained by leaching and the washing solution obtained by washing, and can enrich the radioactive elements in the liquid phase; meanwhile, the separation of most radioactive elements and rare earth elements is realized.
Furthermore, the invention carries out ion exchange on the raffinate obtained by extraction and the washing liquid obtained by washing, and can realize the separation of the residual radioactive elements and rare earth elements in the water phase; meanwhile, the water dischargeability and the rare earth element enrichment are realized.
Detailed Description
The invention provides a harmless treatment method of rare earth radioactive waste residues, which comprises the following steps:
mixing the rare earth radioactive waste residue with a leaching agent, and leaching to obtain primary purified waste residue;
and washing the primarily purified waste residue to obtain harmless waste residue.
In the present invention, the starting materials used in the present invention are preferably commercially available products unless otherwise specified.
The method mixes the rare earth radioactive waste residue with a leaching agent for leaching to obtain the primary purified waste residue. In the invention, the radioactivity specific activity of the rare earth radioactive waste residue is preferably 1 x 10 3 ~1×10 6 Bq/kg. In the present invention, the radioactivity ratio refers to the radioactivity per unit mass of the solid radioactive substance, and is usually expressed as MBq/mg/(mCi/mg). In the present inventionIn the method, the rare earth radioactive waste residues comprise rare earth elements and radioactive elements; the rare earth elements preferably comprise one or more of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Y, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu. In the present invention, the radioactive element preferably comprises one or more of thorium, uranium and radium.
In the invention, the rare earth radioactive waste residue is preferably pretreated before being leached; the pre-treatment preferably comprises drying and grinding. In the invention, the drying temperature is preferably 100-120 ℃, and more preferably 105-110 ℃; the drying time is preferably 0.5-2 h, and more preferably 1-1.5 h; the drying is preferably carried out in a drying oven. The operation of the grinding is not particularly limited in the present invention as long as it can pass through a 200-mesh sieve.
In the present invention, the leaching agent comprises a mineral acid; the inorganic acid preferably comprises one or more of sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. In the invention, the concentration of the leaching agent is 6-8 mol/L, preferably 6.5-7.5 mol/L, and more preferably 7 mol/L. In the invention, the dosage ratio of the rare earth radioactive waste residue to the leaching agent is preferably 1 g: 4-6 mL, more preferably 1 g: 5 mL. In the invention, the leaching temperature is 60-70 ℃, preferably 65 ℃; the heat preservation time is 1-2 h, preferably 1.5 h. In the present invention, the leaching is preferably performed under a stirring condition, and the rotation speed of the stirring is preferably 200 to 500rpm, and more preferably 300 to 400 rpm.
After the leaching, the invention preferably further comprises filtering to obtain a leaching solution and a primary purification waste residue.
After the primary purified waste residue is obtained, the invention washes the primary purified waste residue to obtain harmless waste residue.
In the present invention, the washing agent preferably includes water. In the invention, the washing temperature is preferably 60-70 ℃, and more preferably 65 ℃; the time is preferably 1 to 2 hours, and more preferably 1.5 hours. In the present invention, the washing is preferably performed under a stirring condition, and the rotation speed of the stirring is preferably 200 to 500rpm, and more preferably 300 to 400 rpm. In the present invention, the number of washing is preferably 2 to 4.
After the washing, the invention preferably further comprises filtering to obtain washing liquid and harmless waste residues.
After obtaining the leaching solution and the washing solution, the present invention preferably further comprises combining the leaching solution and the washing solution as a liquid phase for radioactive element enrichment. In the present invention, the radioactive element enrichment preferably includes:
mixing the liquid phase with a salting-out agent to obtain a salting-out liquid phase;
extracting the salting-out liquid phase by using an extracting agent to obtain an extract phase;
and (3) sequentially washing and back-extracting the extract phase to obtain back-extraction solution.
The salting-out liquid phase is obtained by mixing the liquid phase with a salting-out agent. In the present invention, the salting-out agent preferably includes one or more of lithium nitrate, rare earth nitrate, and sodium nitrate. In the present invention, the concentration of the salting-out agent in the salting-out liquid phase is preferably 1 to 3mol/L, and more preferably 2 mol/L.
After the salting-out liquid phase is obtained, the salting-out liquid phase is extracted by an extracting agent to obtain an extraction phase. In the present invention, the extractant preferably includes a complexing agent and a diluent. In the present invention, the complexing agent is preferably a neutral complexing extractant or an acidic complexing extractant, and further preferably includes an acidic complexing extractant. In the present invention, the neutral complexing extractant preferably comprises one or more of neutral tributyl phosphate, sec-octanol, and methyl isobutyl ketone. In the present invention, the acidic complex extractant preferably comprises one or more of acidic tributyl phosphate (acidic TBP), dimethylheptyl methylphosphonate, bis (2-ethylhexyl) phosphate (P204) and 2-ethylhexyl phosphate (P507). In the invention, the mass percentage of the complexing agent in the extracting agent is preferably 20-30%, and more preferably acidic tributyl phosphate. In the present invention, the diluent preferably comprises kerosene. In the invention, the extraction temperature is preferably 10-20 ℃. In the invention, the number of times of extraction is preferably 3-6 times. In the present invention, the extraction is preferably performed by countercurrent extraction. In the present invention, the extraction preferably also results in a raffinate. In the invention, the extraction can transfer the radioactive elements in the liquid phase into the extracting agent to form an extraction phase, and the rare earth elements and a small amount of radioactive elements exist in the extraction raffinate, so that the preliminary separation of the radioactive elements and the rare earth elements is realized.
After the extraction phase is obtained, the extraction phase is sequentially washed and back-extracted to obtain back-extraction solution. The operation of the water washing is not particularly limited in the present invention as long as the rare earth element in the extraction phase can be transferred to water. In the present invention, the washing preferably also results in a water washing solution. In the invention, the water washing can wash off the rare earth elements in the extraction phase, thereby realizing the purification of radioactive elements. In the present invention, the stripping agent of the stripping preferably comprises an inorganic acid, and the inorganic acid preferably comprises one or more of sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. In the invention, the concentration of the stripping agent is preferably 0.5-2 mol/L. More preferably 0.5 to 1 mol/L. In the invention, the temperature of the back extraction is preferably 60-80 ℃, more preferably 65-75 ℃, and more preferably 70 ℃. In the present invention, the stripping is capable of transferring the radioactive elements in the extracted phase to the stripping agent.
After obtaining the raffinate and the water washing liquid, the invention preferably further comprises combining the raffinate and the water washing liquid as an aqueous phase for ion exchange. In the present invention, the ion exchange preferably comprises: and adjusting the pH value of the water phase to 2.5-3.0, placing the water phase on an ion exchange column, and leaching and analyzing the water phase in sequence.
In the present invention, the agent for adjusting the pH of the aqueous phase preferably comprises sodium hydroxide and/or calcium hydroxide. In the present invention, the packing of the ion exchange column preferably comprises a strongly basic anion resin; the strongly basic anion resin preferably comprises a strongly basic anion resin of type 717, a strongly basic anion resin of type D201 or a strongly basic anion resin of type D730. In the present invention, the ion exchange column is preferably subjected to an activation treatment before use, and the operation of the activation treatment in the present invention is not particularly limited, and an ion exchange column activation operation known to those skilled in the art may be used. In the invention, the eluted eluting agent preferably comprises a citric acid solution, and the mass concentration of the eluting agent is preferably 0.1-0.5%. In the present invention, the flow rate of the rinsing is preferably 5 mL/min. In the present invention, the resolving agent for resolving preferably includes an inorganic acid, and the inorganic acid preferably includes one or more of sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and nitric acid. In the present invention, the concentration of the resolving agent is preferably 1 to 3 mol/L. In the invention, rare earth elements can be eluted by leaching, while radioactive elements can be eluted by resolving, so that the separation of residual radioactive elements and rare earth elements is realized.
The method for detoxifying rare earth radioactive waste residues according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples, but they should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.
Example 1
Step 1: weighing 100g of rare earth radioactive waste residues stored in a slag warehouse, and drying for 1h at 105 ℃ in a drying box; and grinding the dried rare earth radioactive waste residues by using a mortar, and sieving by using a 200-mesh sieve.
Step 2: adding HNO with the concentration of 6mol/L into the rare earth radioactive waste residue obtained in the step 1 3 400 mL; stirring at 300r/min, heating at 70 deg.C for 1 hr, and filtering to obtain leaching solution and primary purified waste residue.
And step 3: and (3) primarily purifying the waste residues, adding water, washing for 2 times at the rotation speed of 300r/min and at the temperature of 70 ℃, and filtering to obtain washing liquid and harmless waste residues.
And 4, step 4: combining the leaching solution obtained in the step 2 and the washing solution obtained in the step 3 to be used as a liquid phase, and adding lithium nitrate to the liquid phase to be used as a salting-out agent, wherein the concentration of the salting-out agent in the obtained salting-out liquid phase is 2.0 mol/L; extracting the salting-out liquid phase for 3 times by using an extracting agent (a diluting agent in the extracting agent is kerosene) with the mass concentration of 25% of acidic TBP to obtain an extraction phase and an extraction raffinate.
And 5: washing the extract phase with water to obtain a washing liquid and a washing extract phase; with 0.5mol/L HNO at 60 DEG C 3 The water-washed extract phase is subjected to back extraction,and collecting the stripping solution.
Step 6: combining the raffinate obtained in the step 4 and the water washing liquid obtained in the step 5 to be used as a water phase, adjusting the pH value of the water phase to be 2.5-3.0, and pouring the water phase into an ion exchange column filled with 717 type strongly basic anion resin (through activation); leaching with 0.1 wt% citric acid as leaching agent at a leaching speed of 5mL/min, and collecting the leaching solution; then adding 1mol/L HNO 3 And (4) taking the solution as a desorption agent for desorption, and collecting desorption liquid.
The specific activity and the content of main elements of the rare earth radioactive waste residue obtained in the step 1 and the harmless waste residue obtained in the step 3 are measured, and the results are shown in tables 1 and 2.
TABLE 1 specific activity of radioactivity of slag (Bq/kg)
Item α β α+β Radioactive sorting of solid waste
Before leaching 4.19×10 5 2.52×10 5 6.71×10 5 Low level of waste
After leaching 530 349 879 General waste
From table 1, it can be seen: compared with the original rare earth radioactive waste residue, the radioactivity of the harmless waste residue is reduced by 99.87 percent, reaches the standard of common solid waste, and can be treated according to the common solid waste.
TABLE 2 main element composition of slag
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As can be seen from table 2: the leaching process does not cause a great amount of leaching loss of iron, silicon and aluminum; meanwhile, after leaching, the contents of rare earth elements and radioactive elements are very low, which indicates that most of the rare earth elements and the radioactive elements are leached by leaching.
The elemental contents of the stripping solution and the stripping solution were measured and the results are shown in Table 3. The content of the main elements in the leacheate was measured, and the results are shown in table 4.
TABLE 3 content of elements in the enriched phase
U Ra Th K-40
Reextraction liquid (Bq/kg) 58634 468520 2724 231
Desorption liquid (Bq/kg) 12756 152698 1214 140
TABLE 4 content of major elements in the enriched phase
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As can be seen from tables 3 and 4: the stripping solution and the analysis solution do not contain rare earth elements; the leacheate does not contain radioactive elements, and the method provided by the invention realizes the separation of rare earth elements and the radioactive elements.
According to the volume and the material content of the obtained leacheate and based on the content of the rare earth elements in the original rare earth radioactive waste residues, the recovery rate of the rare earth elements obtained by the method is 89.4%.
Example 2
Step 1: weighing 100g of rare earth radioactive waste residues stored in a slag warehouse, and drying for 1h at 105 ℃ in a drying box; and grinding the dried rare earth radioactive waste residues by using a mortar, and sieving by using a 200-mesh sieve.
Step 2: h with the concentration of 6mol/L is added into the rare earth radioactive waste residue obtained in the step 1 2 SO 4 And (2) stirring at 400mL, heating at the stirring speed of 300r/min, keeping the temperature at 60 ℃ for 1h, and filtering to obtain an extract and primary purified waste residues.
And step 3: and (3) primarily purifying the waste residues, adding water, washing for 2 times at the rotation speed of 300r/min and the temperature of 60 ℃, and filtering to obtain washing liquid and harmless waste residues.
And 4, step 4: combining the leaching solution obtained in the step 2 and the washing solution obtained in the step 3 to serve as a liquid phase, and adding lithium nitrate to the liquid phase to serve as a salting-out agent, wherein the concentration of the salting-out agent in the obtained salting-out liquid phase is 2.0 mol/L; extracting the salting-out liquid phase for 3 times by using an extracting agent (a diluting agent in the extracting agent is kerosene) with the mass concentration of 25% of acidic TBP to obtain an extraction phase and an extraction raffinate.
And 5: washing the extract phase with water to obtain a washing liquid and a washing extract phase; with 0.5mol/L HNO at 70 DEG C 3 And (4) performing back extraction on the water-washed extract phase, and collecting back extraction liquid.
Step 6: combining the raffinate obtained in the step 4 and the water washing liquid obtained in the step 5 to be used as a water phase, adjusting the pH value of the water phase to be 2.5-3.0, and pouring the water phase into a column filled with 717 type strongly basic anion resin (after activation); leaching with 0.1 wt% citric acid as leaching agent at a leaching speed of 5mL/min, and collecting the leaching solution; then adding 1mol/L HNO 3 And (4) taking the solution as a desorption agent for desorption, and collecting desorption liquid.
The specific activity and the content of main elements of the rare earth radioactive waste residue in the step 1 and the harmless waste residue obtained in the step 3 were measured, and the results are shown in tables 5 and 6.
TABLE 5 specific activity of radioactivity of slag (Bq/kg)
Item α β α+β Radioactive sorting of solid waste
Before leaching 4.19×10 5 2.52×10 5 6.71×10 5 Low level of waste
After leaching 564 390 954 General waste
As can be seen from table 5: the radioactivity ratio activity of the harmless waste residue is 954Bq/kg, which is reduced by 99.86% compared with the radioactivity ratio activity of the original rare earth radioactive waste residue, and the harmless waste residue reaches the standard of common solid waste and can be treated according to the common solid waste.
TABLE 6 main elemental composition of slag
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As can be seen from table 6: the leaching process does not cause leaching loss of a large amount of iron, silicon and aluminum; meanwhile, after leaching, the contents of rare earth elements and radioactive elements are very low, which indicates that most of the rare earth elements and the radioactive elements are leached by leaching.
The elemental contents of the stripping solution and the stripping solution were measured and the results are shown in Table 7. The content of the main elements in the leacheate was measured, and the results are shown in table 8.
TABLE 7 content of elements in the enriched phase
U Ra Th K-40
Reextraction liquid (Bq/kg) 64552 488647 2411 234
Desorption liquid (Bq/kg) 14208 102456 857 96
TABLE 8 content of major elements in the enriched phase
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As can be seen from tables 7 and 8: the stripping solution and the analysis solution do not contain rare earth elements; the leacheate does not contain radioactive elements, and the method provided by the invention realizes the separation of rare earth elements and the radioactive elements.
According to the volume and the material content of the obtained leacheate and based on the content of the rare earth elements in the original rare earth radioactive waste residues, the recovery rate of the rare earth elements obtained by the method is 86.57%.
Example 3
Step 1: weighing 100g of rare earth radioactive waste residues stored in a slag warehouse, and drying for 1h at 105 ℃ in a drying box; and grinding the dried rare earth radioactive waste residues by using a mortar, and sieving by using a 200-mesh sieve.
Step 2: adding HCl400mL with the concentration of 6mol/L into the rare earth radioactive waste residue obtained in the step 1; stirring at 300r/min, heating at 60 deg.C for 1 hr, and filtering to obtain leaching solution and primary purified waste residue.
And step 3: and (3) primarily purifying the waste residues, adding water, washing for 2 times at the rotation speed of 300r/min and the temperature of 60 ℃, and filtering to obtain washing liquid and harmless waste residues.
And 4, step 4: combining the leaching solution obtained in the step 2 and the washing solution obtained in the step 3 to be used as a liquid phase, and adding lithium nitrate to the liquid phase to be used as a salting-out agent, wherein the concentration of the salting-out agent in the obtained salting-out liquid phase is 2.0 mol/L; extracting the salting-out liquid phase for 3 times by using an extracting agent (a diluting agent in the extracting agent is kerosene) with the mass concentration of 25% of acidic TBP to obtain an extraction phase and an extraction raffinate.
And 5: washing the extract phase with water to obtain a washing liquid and a washing extract phase; with 0.5mol/L HNO at 70 DEG C 3 And (4) performing back extraction on the water-washed extract phase, and collecting back extraction liquid.
And 6: combining the raffinate obtained in the step 4 and the water washing liquid obtained in the step 5 to be used as a water phase, adjusting the pH value of the water phase to be 2.5-3.0, and pouring the water phase into an ion exchange column filled with 717 type strongly basic anion resin (through activation); leaching with 0.1 wt% citric acid as leaching agent at a leaching speed of 5mL/min, and collecting the leaching solution; then adding 1mol/L HNO 3 And (4) taking the solution as a desorption agent for desorption, and collecting desorption liquid.
The specific activity and the content of main elements of the rare earth radioactive waste residue in the step 1 and the harmless waste residue obtained in the step 3 were measured, and the results are shown in tables 9 and 10.
TABLE 9 specific activity of radioactivity of slag (Bq/kg)
Item α β α+β Radioactive sorting of solid waste
Before leaching 4.19×10 5 2.52×10 5 6.71×10 5 Low level of waste
After leaching 532 456 988 General waste
As can be seen from table 9: the radioactivity ratio activity of the harmless waste residue is 988Bq/kg, is reduced by 99.85 percent compared with the radioactivity ratio activity of the original rare earth radioactive waste residue, reaches the standard of common solid waste, and can be treated according to the common solid waste.
TABLE 10 main elemental composition of slag
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As can be seen from table 10: the leaching process does not cause leaching loss of a large amount of iron, silicon and aluminum; meanwhile, after leaching, the contents of rare earth elements and radioactive elements are very low, which indicates that most of the rare earth elements and the radioactive elements are leached by leaching.
The elemental contents of the stripping solution and the stripping solution were measured and the results are shown in Table 11. The content of the main elements in the leacheate was measured, and the results are shown in table 12.
TABLE 11 content of elements in the enriched phase
U Ra Th K-40
Reextraction liquid (Bq/kg) 59577 482567 2401 234
Desorption liquid (Bq/kg) 12114 104506 873 96
TABLE 12 content of essential elements in the enriched phase
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As can be seen from tables 11 and 12: the stripping solution and the analysis solution do not contain rare earth elements; the leacheate does not contain radioactive elements; the method provided by the invention realizes the separation of rare earth elements and radioactive elements.
According to the volume and the material content of the obtained leacheate and based on the content of the rare earth elements in the original rare earth radioactive waste residues, the recovery rate of the rare earth elements obtained by the method is 87.69%.
Comparative example 1
The differences from example 1 are: the concentration of nitric acid in the step 2 is 4 mol/L.
The specific activity and the content of main elements of the rare earth radioactive waste residue in the step 1 and the waste residue obtained in the step 3 were measured, and the results are shown in tables 13 and 14.
TABLE 13 specific activity of radioactivity of slag (Bq/kg)
Item α β α+β Radioactive sorting of solid waste
Before leaching 4.19×10 5 2.52×10 5 6.71×10 5 Low level of waste
After leaching 1156 604 1760 Low level of waste
As can be seen from table 13: the specific activity of the leached waste residue is 1760Bq/kg, which is reduced by 99.74 percent compared with the original rare earth radioactive waste residue.
TABLE 14 main elemental composition of slag
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As can be seen from table 14: the leaching process does not cause leaching loss of a large amount of iron, silicon and aluminum; however, the leached slag contains a large amount of rare earth elements and radioactive elements, and the harmless treatment of the slag is not completely realized.
The elemental contents of the stripping solution and the stripping solution were measured and the results are shown in Table 15. The content of the main element in the leacheate was measured, and the results are shown in Table 16.
TABLE 15 content of elements in enriched phase
U Ra Th K-40
Reextraction liquid (Bq/kg) 67854 435247 2789 189
Desorption liquid (Bq/kg) 11745 87965 764 82
TABLE 16 content of essential elements in the enriched phase
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As can be seen from tables 15 and 16: the stripping solution and the analysis solution do not contain rare earth elements; the leacheate does not contain radioactive elements, and the method provided by the invention realizes the separation of rare earth elements and the radioactive elements.
According to the volume and the material content of the obtained leacheate and based on the content of the rare earth elements in the original rare earth radioactive waste residues, the recovery rate of the rare earth elements obtained by the method is 52.38 percent and is lower than that of the rare earth elements obtained by the embodiments 1-3.
Comparative example 2
The differences from example 1 are: the temperature in step 2 was 40 ℃.
The specific activity and the content of main elements of the rare earth radioactive waste residue in the step 1 and the harmless waste residue obtained in the step 3 were measured, and the results are shown in tables 17 and 18.
TABLE 17 specific activity of radioactivity of slag (Bq/kg)
Item α β α+β Radioactive sorting of solid waste
Before leaching 4.19×10 5 2.52×10 5 6.71×10 5 Low level of waste
After leaching 1864 592 2456 Low level of waste
As can be seen from table 17: the radioactivity ratio of the harmless waste residue is 2456Bq/kg, and is reduced by 99.64 percent compared with the radioactivity ratio of the original rare earth radioactive waste residue.
TABLE 18 main elemental composition of slag
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As can be seen from table 18: the leaching process does not cause leaching loss of a large amount of iron, silicon and aluminum; however, the leached slag contains a large amount of rare earth elements and radioactive elements, and the harmless treatment of the slag is not completely realized.
The elemental contents of the stripping solution and the stripping solution were measured and the results are shown in Table 19. The content of the main elements in the leacheate was measured, and the results are shown in table 20.
TABLE 19 content of elements in the enriched phase
U Ra Th K-40
Reextraction liquid (Bq/kg) 59798 467175 2356 156
Desorption liquid (Bq/kg) 15886 95627 896 91
TABLE 20 content of essential elements in the enriched phase
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As can be seen from tables 19 and 20: the stripping solution and the analysis solution do not contain rare earth elements; the leacheate does not contain radioactive elements, and the method provided by the invention realizes the separation of rare earth elements and the radioactive elements.
According to the volume and the material content of the obtained leacheate and based on the content of the rare earth elements in the original rare earth radioactive waste residues, the recovery rate of the rare earth elements obtained by the method is 43.81%, which is lower than the recovery rate of the rare earth elements obtained by the embodiments 1-3.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these modifications and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A harmless treatment method of rare earth radioactive waste residues is characterized by comprising the following steps:
mixing the rare earth radioactive waste residue with a leaching agent, and leaching to obtain primary purified waste residue;
washing the primarily purified waste residue to obtain harmless waste residue;
the leaching agent comprises an inorganic acid;
the concentration of the leaching agent is 6-8 mol/L;
the leaching temperature is 60-70 ℃, and the heat preservation time is 1-2 h.
2. The innocent treatment method according to claim 1, wherein the dosage ratio of the rare earth radioactive waste residue to the leaching agent is 1 g: 4-6 mL.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the number of washing is 2 to 4.
4. The innocent treatment method according to claim 1, wherein the washing reagent comprises water; the washing temperature is 60-70 ℃, and the washing time is 1-2 h; the washing is carried out under stirring.
5. The innocent treatment method according to claim 1, wherein the leaching also produces a leachate; washing to obtain a washing solution; combining the leaching solution and the washing solution to be used as a liquid phase for radioactive element enrichment;
the radioactive element enrichment comprises:
mixing the liquid phase with a salting-out agent to obtain a salting-out liquid phase;
extracting the salting-out liquid phase by using an extracting agent to obtain an extract phase;
and (3) sequentially washing and back-extracting the extract phase to obtain back-extraction solution.
6. The innocent treatment method according to claim 5, wherein the extractant comprises a complexing agent and a diluent, the complexing agent is a neutral complexing extractant or an acidic complexing extractant, the mass percentage of the complexing agent in the extractant is 20-30%, the temperature of the extraction is 10-20 ℃, and the extraction times are 3-6.
7. The innocent treatment method according to claim 5, wherein the stripping agent for stripping comprises inorganic acid, the concentration of the stripping agent is 0.5-2 mol/L, and the temperature of the stripping is 60-80 ℃.
8. The innocent treatment method according to claim 5, wherein the extraction further yields a raffinate; washing with water to obtain a washing solution; combining the raffinate and the water washing liquid to be used as a water phase for ion exchange;
the ion exchange comprises: and adjusting the pH value of the water phase to 2.5-3.0, placing the water phase on an ion exchange column, and leaching and analyzing the water phase in sequence.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the filler of the ion exchange column comprises a strongly basic anion resin.
10. The innocent treatment method according to claim 8, wherein the eluted eluting agent includes a citric acid solution, and the eluting agent has a mass concentration of 0.1-0.5%; the analytic agent comprises inorganic acid, and the concentration of the analytic agent is 1-3 mol/L.
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