Oxidative alkaline leaching of americium from simulated high-level nuclear waste sludges

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1029-1046

  Reed, Wendy A ^a   Garnov, Alexander Yu ^a   Rao, Linfeng ^a   Nash, Kenneth L ^b,c   Bond, Andrew H ^b,d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PG Research Foundation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Americum; High level nuclear waste; Oxidative leaching

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEACHING; OXIDATION; POTASSIUM; SEWAGE SLUDGE; VITRIFICATION;

OXIDATIVE ALKALINE; REAL SLUDGE SAMPLES;

AMERICIUM;

LEACHING; SLUDGE;

EID: 17544366052     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SS-200049860     Document Type: Article

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