Efficient strategies for partitioning actinides from alkaline wastes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 606-613

  Tedder, D W ^a   Horwitz, E P ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b PG Research Foundation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; DEGRADATION; FISSION PRODUCTS; PURIFICATION; RADIOLYSIS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SYNTHETIC FUELS; WASTES;

ALKALINE WASTES; AQUEOUS PHASE; BURN-UP FUELS; EXTRACTANTS;

ACTINIDES;

2 ETHYLHEXANOL; ACTINIDE; FUEL; SODIUM CARBONATE;

ACTINIDE; ALKALINE MEDIUM; EXTRACTION PROCESS; SEPARATION; WASTE;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL WASTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METAL RECOVERY; PHASE PARTITIONING; RADIOLYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 12844265290     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0499207     Document Type: Article

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