Simplified Chinese TRPO process to extract and recover transuranium elements from high-level liquid waste

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-173

  Liu, Xuegang ^a   Liang, Junfu ^a   Xu, Jingming ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(NH4)2CO3 strip; Actinide elements; High level liquid waste; Integration; TRPO process

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ION EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PURIFICATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

CONVERSION TREATMENT; CURRENT PUREX PROCESS; HIGH-LEVEL LIQUID WASTE (HLLW);

TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 2442444107     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SEI-120030393     Document Type: Article

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