Minor actinide separation: Simplification of the diamex-sanex strategy by means of novel sanex processes

International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference, GLOBAL 2013: Nuclear Energy at a Crossroads

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1054-1059

  Geist, Andreas ^a   Modolo, Giuseppe ^b   Wilden, Andreas ^b   Kaufholz, Peter ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

BACK EXTRACTION; COMPLEXING AGENTS; MINOR ACTINIDE; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; PROCESS TESTS; RAFFINATES; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; WATERSOLUBLE;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 84903190146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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