Review article: The effects of radiation chemistry on solvent extraction: 2. a review of fission-product extraction

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-353

  Mincher, Bruce J ^a   Modolo, Giuseppe ^b   Mezyk, Stephen P ^c  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calixarenes; Crown ethers; Fission product extraction; Free radicals; G values; Radiation chemistry; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED RADIATION; ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS NITRIC ACID; AQUEOUS SOLVENTS; CALIXARENES; CONVERSION FACTOR; DICARBOLLIDE; EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGY; FISSION PRODUCT EXTRACTION; G-VALUES; HIGH LEVEL WASTE; KEY COMPONENT; LANTHANIDES; MAIN COMPONENT; PRACTICAL SYSTEMS; RADIOACTIVE SOLUTION; RADIOLYTIC DEGRADATION; SOLVENT SYSTEM; TRI-BUTYL PHOSPHATE; TRIVALENT ACTINIDES; URANIUM EXTRACTION; WATER REACTORS;

ACTINIDES; CESIUM; COBALT; CROWN ETHERS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ETHERS; FISSION PRODUCTS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LIGANDS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NITRIC ACID; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; PHENOLS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SOLVENTS; STRONTIUM; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 70449513860     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366290902821263     Document Type: Review

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