Plutonium Loading of Prospective Grouped Actinide Extraction (GANEX) Solvent Systems based on Diglycolamide Extractants

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-141

  Brown, Jamie ^a   McLachlan, Fiona ^a   Sarsfield, Mark ^a   Taylor, Robin ^a   Modolo, Giuseppe ^b   Wilden, Andreas ^b  

^a NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

acetohydroxamic acid; diglycolamide; GANEX; Plutonium; precipitation; third phase; thorium

Indexed keywords

ACETOHYDROXAMIC ACIDS; ACTINIDE EXTRACTION; DIGLYCOLAMIDE; EXTRACTANTS; GANEX; LANTHANIDE ION; LOADING CAPACITIES; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES; SOLVENT SYSTEM; THIRD PHASE;

LOADING; PLUTONIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SOLVENTS; THORIUM;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 84863281319     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2011.609378     Document Type: Article

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