Actinide lanthanide separation process - ALSEP

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1624-1631

  Gelis, Artem V ^a   Lumetta, Gregg J ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-ETHYL HEXYL PHOSPHONIC ACID MONO 2-ETHYL HEXYL ESTER; BUFFERED SOLUTIONS; CHEMICAL CONSUMPTION; MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES; SELECTIVE STRIPPING; SEPARATION FACTORS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

ACTINIDES; FISSION PRODUCTS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84893241869     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie403569e     Document Type: Article

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