An approach for evaluating equilibrium and rate constants for the reaction of Np(V) with nitric acid in the purex process using process data

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 108-114

  Homma, Shunji ^a   Takanashi, Mitsuhiro ^a   Koga, Jiro ^a,c   Matsumoto, Shiro ^a,c   Ozawa, Masaki ^b,d,e  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neptunium; Purex process; Redox reaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECONTAMINATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NEPTUNIUM; NITRIC ACID; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX REACTIONS;

MULTISTAGE COUNTERCURRENT SOLVENT EXTRACTION; PUREX PROCESS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 0030270126     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT96-A35315     Document Type: Article

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