Nonphosphate degradation products of tributyl phosphate and their reactivities in Purex media under extreme conditions

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-100

  Tashiro, Yoshikazu ^a   Kodama, Ryuji ^a   Sugai, Hiroshi ^a,c   Suzuki, Katsuhiko ^b   Matsuoka, Shingo ^b  

^a SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO LTD   (Japan)

^b Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited   (Japan)

^c Research Institute of Electric and Magnetic Alloys Sendai   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; NITRIC ACID; PHOSPHATES; SOLVENTS;

EXOTHERMIC OXIDATIVE REACTIONS; NONPHOSPHATE DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; PUREX MEDIA; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE (TBP);

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

EID: 0033883868     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT00-A3048     Document Type: Article

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