To develop a metal separation method using supercritical CO(2) (scCO(2)) solvent for the decontamination process of radioactive wastes, the reverse micelle formation in scCO(2) was investigated. Dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) as a surfactant to form the reverse micelles and 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluoro-I-pentanol (F-pentanol) as a modifier to increase the solubility of DTAB into scCO(2) were used. The reverse micelles could be formed by using 0.02 mol/dm(3) DTAB and 0.45 mol/dm(3) F-pentanol. A water concentration dissolved in scCO(2) was increased with an increase of pressure, and 0.42 mol/dm(3) water, which was 3 times larger than that in the neat CO(2), could be dissolved in scCO(2) at 38 MPa. Moreover, 0.1 mol/dm(3) HNO(3) could dissolve at the same pressure as water On the other hand, it was found that the solubility of water at outside of reverse micelles increased with F-pentanol. The ratio of water and F-pen tanol affected the phase behavior of water in scCO(2).