Distribution of plutonium, americium and interfering fission products between nitric acid and a mixed organic phase of TODGA and DMDOHEMA in kerosene, and implications for the design of the "eURO-GANEX" process

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-148

  Carrott, Michael ^a   Geist, Andreas ^b   Hères, Xavier ^c   Lange, Steve ^e   Malmbeck, Rikard ^d   Miguirditchian, Manuel ^c   Modolo, Giuseppe ^e   Wilden, Andreas ^e   Taylor, Robin ^a  

^a NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c DIF   (France)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinide; Americium; DMDOHEMA; Fission product; GANEX; Lanthanide; Plutonium; Reprocessing; TODGA

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; AMERICIUM; EXTRACTION; FAST REACTORS; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUELS; IRON COMPOUNDS; KEROSENE; LIGANDS; LIQUIDS; NITRIC ACID; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; PRODUCT DESIGN; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RECYCLING; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; SPENT FUELS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; ZIRCONIUM;

DMDOHEMA; FAST NEUTRON REACTORS; GANEX; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; LANTHANIDE; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; TODGA; TRANSURANIC ACTINIDES;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

EID: 84921409730     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2014.12.019     Document Type: Article

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