Use of Polyaminocarboxylic Acids as Hydrophilic Masking Agents for Fission Products in Actinide Partitioning Processes

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 748-764

  Sypula, Michal ^a   Wilden, Andreas ^a   Schreinemachers, Christian ^a   Malmbeck, Rikard ^b   Geist, Andreas ^c   Taylor, Robin ^d   Modolo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CDTA; DMDOHEMA; DTPA; EDTA; GANEX; HEDTA; Oxalic acid; Pd complexation; solvent extraction; TODGA; Zr complexation

Indexed keywords

CDTA; DMDOHEMA; DTPA; EDTA; GANEX; HEDTA; OXALIC ACID; TODGA;

ACTINIDES; FISSION PRODUCTS; HYDROPHILICITY; LOADING; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PLUTONIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; ZIRCONIUM;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84869441309     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2012.700591     Document Type: Article

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