Development of a regenerable strip reagent for treatment of acidic, radioactive waste with cobalt dicarbollide-based solvent extraction processes

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-83

  Law, Jack D ^a   Herbst, R Scott ^a   Peterman, Dean R ^a   Todd, Terry A ^a   Romanovskiy, Valeriy N ^b   Babain, Vasily A ^b   Smirnov, Igor V ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Actinide extraction; Chlorinated cobalt dicarbollide; Cs extraction; Methylamine carbonate; PEG 400; Sr extraction; UNEX process

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACTINIDES; CENTRIFUGAL CASTING; DISTILLATION; FLOWCHARTING; ION EXCHANGE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

DIETHYLENETRIAMINEPENTAACETIC ACID (DTPA); METHYLAMINE CARBONATE; REGENERABLE STRIP REAGENTS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

EID: 13644277707     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SEI-200044377     Document Type: Article

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