Decontamination of uranium oxides from solid wastes by supercritical CO2 fluid leaching method using HNO3-TBP complex as a reactant

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-147

  Meguro, Yoshihiro ^a   Iso, Shuichi ^a   Yoshida, Zenko ^a   Tomioka, Osamu ^b   Enokida, Youichi ^b   Yamamoto, Ichiro ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Leaching; Solid wastes; Supercritical CO2; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC ACID; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; LEACHING; METAL EXTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; SOLID WASTE; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4644226242     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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