Recovery of actinides and lanthanides from high-level waste using hollow-fiber supported liquid membrane with TODGA as the carrier

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 8605-8612

  Ansari, Seraj A ^a   Mohapatra, Prasanta K ^a   Manchanda, Vijay K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIONAL PARAMETERS; DISTILLED WATER; HIGH LEVEL WASTE; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; HOLLOW FIBER; LANTHANIDES; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MEMBRANE DIFFUSION; METAL SPECIES; NITRIC ACID SOLUTIONS; PARAFFINIC HYDROCARBONS; PRESSURIZED HEAVY WATER REACTORS; SUPPORTED LIQUID MEMBRANE; TETRAOCTYL DIGLYCOLAMIDE; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR; TRANSPORT RATE; TRIVALENT ACTINIDES;

ACIDS; DISSOLUTION; HEAVY WATER; HEAVY WATER REACTORS; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUID MEMBRANES; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; METAL IONS; METAL RECOVERY; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NITRIC ACID; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

ACTINIDES;

EID: 70349303754     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900265y     Document Type: Article

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