Direct Selective Extraction of Actinides (III) from PUREX Raffinate using a Mixture of CyMe4BTBP and TODGA as 1-cycle SANEX Solvent

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-212

  Wilden, Andreas ^a   Schreinemachers, Christian ^a   Sypula, Michal ^a   Modolo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Americium; Curium; CyMe4BTBP; L Cysteine; Pd complexation; SANEX; Solvent extraction; TODGA

Indexed keywords

CYME4BTBP; L-CYSTEINE; PD COMPLEXATION; SANEX; TODGA;

ACTINIDES; AMERICIUM; AMINO ACIDS; CURIUM; FISSION PRODUCTS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SOLVENTS; SULFUR; ZIRCONIUM;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 79953716243     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2011.539122     Document Type: Article

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