Recovery of uranium from (U,Gd)O2 nuclear fuel scrap using dissolution and precipitation in carbonate media

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 418, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 93-97

  Kim, Kwang Wook ^a,b   Hyun, Jun Taek ^a   Lee, Eil Hee ^a   Park, Geun Il ^a   Lee, Kune Woo ^a   Yoo, Myung June ^b   Song, Kee Chan ^a   Moon, Jei Kwon ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b KEPCO NF 1047 Daedeok Daero ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SOLUTIONS; COMPLEX IONS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; HIGH SOLUBILITY; IMPURITY METALS; NUCLEAR FUEL FABRICATION; RE-PRECIPITATION;

CARBONATION; GADOLINIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECOVERY; SCRAP METAL; SOLUBILITY; URANIUM;

DISSOLUTION;

EID: 80052554193     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.06.019     Document Type: Article

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