Direct Selective Extraction of Actinides(III) from PUREX Raffinate Using a Mixture of CyMe4-BTBP and TODGA as 1-cycle SANEX Solvent PART II: Flow-sheet Design for a Counter-Current Centrifugal Contactor Demonstration Process

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Magnusson, Daniel ^a   Geist, Andreas ^a   Wilden, Andreas ^b   Modolo, Giuseppe ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CyMe4 BTBP; minor actinides; SANEX; solvent extraction; TODGA

Indexed keywords

BATCH STUDIES; CENTRIFUGAL CONTACTOR; COMPLEX COMPOSITIONS; COUNTER CURRENT; CYME4-BTBP; EXTRACTION KINETICS; KEY ELEMENTS; MINOR ACTINIDE; ORGANIC PHASE; PROCESS STEPS; RAFFINATES; SANEX; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; SINGLE STAGE; TODGA;

ACTINIDES; AMERICIUM; CURIUM; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

CENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 84871208169     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2012.700596     Document Type: Article

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