A hot test for separating americium from fission product lanthanides by purified cyanex 301 extraction in centrifugal contactors

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2002, Pages 325-327

  Chen, Jing ^a   Tian, Guoxin ^a   Jiao, Rongzhou ^a   Zhu, Yongjun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Americium; Cyanex 301; Fission product lanthanides; Separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010584162     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2002.10875474     Document Type: Article

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