Aqueous partitioning of minor actinides by different processes

Separation and Purification Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-76

  Ansari, Seraj A ^a   Pathak, Priyanath ^a   Mohapatra, Prashanta K ^a   Manchanda, Vijay K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Actinide partitioning; separation; solvent extraction; waste management

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE-PARTITIONING; CARBAMOYL; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; DIFFERENT PROCESS; DIGLYCOLAMIDE; EXTRACTANTS; FLOW SHEET; HIGH LEVEL WASTE; MALONAMIDES; MINOR ACTINIDE; PHOSPHINE OXIDE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; STRIPPING EFFICIENCY; TETRAOCTYL DIGLYCOLAMIDE;

ACTINIDES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; URANIUM;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79951849183     PISSN: 15422119     EISSN: 15422127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2010.545466     Document Type: Article

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