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Organic solutions comprising the Actinide Lanthanide Separation Process (ALSEP) solvent consisting of 0.5 M 2-ethylhexyl phosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester (HEH[EHP]) and 0.05 M N,N,N’,N’-tetra(2-ethylhexyl)diglycolamide (T2EHDGA) in n-dodecane were subjected to low LET and high LET irradiation before and after equilibration with an aqueous phase of 3 M HNO 3 . Degradation dose constants revealed greater ligand degradation due to gamma irradiation than alpha irradiation for both ligands. Furthermore, equilibration with nitric acid did not have a significant impact on ligand degradation for either irradiation source. Identified degradation products were similar for both gamma and alpha irradiation and occurred mostly through the rupture of the N–C carbonyl  and C–O ether  bonds for T2EHDGA and the C–O ether  bond in HEH[EHP]. Acid contact appears to alter the degradation pathway by favoring the formation of higher molecular weight recombination products. Mixed T2EHDGA-HEH[EHP]-NO 3  complexes were formed with Nd(III) after extraction from 3 M HNO 3 , and low LET gamma irradiation of the Nd(III) loaded organic solution produced similar degradation products as the organic solution absent of Nd(III). Interestingly, and likely due to the greater radiolytic susceptibility of T2EHDGA than HEH[EHP], a HEH[EHP]-Nd(III) complex appears to form as the T2EHDGA degrades with increasing absorbed dose.

Low and High LET Degradation Studies of Metal-Loaded Organic Phase Ligands in the ALSEP Process