Recovery of Plutonium from Analytical Laboratory Waste using Hollow Fiber Supported Liquid Membrane Technique

Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-214

  Ansari, S A ^a   Chaudhury, S ^a   Mohapatra, P K ^a   Aggarwal, S K ^a   Manchanda, V K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

hollow fiber supported liquid membrane; plutonium; separation; tri n butyl phosphate; uranium

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES; HOLLOW FIBER SUPPORTED LIQUID MEMBRANE; ICP-AES; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SECONDARY WASTES; TRI-N-BUTYL PHOSPHATE;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; LIQUID MEMBRANES; PLUTONIUM; RECOVERY; SEPARATION; URANIUM;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 84871884250     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2012.675540     Document Type: Article

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