Crud in the solvent extraction process for spent fuel reprocessing

Yuanzineng Kexue Jishu/Atomic Energy Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-349

  Chen, Jing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interfacial crud; Purex process; Spent fuel reprocessing

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; KEROSENE; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PALLADIUM; PH; PHOSPHORIC ACID; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SPENT FUELS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CAPILLARY CHEMISTRY PHENOMENA; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DIBUTYL PHOSPHATE; DILUENTS; EXTRACTANTS; EXTRACTION COLUMN; INSOLUBLE SOLID PARTICLES; INTERFACIAL CRUD; MONOBUTYL PHOSPHATE; OXALIC ACID; PUREX PROCESS; RUTHENIUM DIOXIDE; SODIUM CARBONATE; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 9444277825     PISSN: 10006931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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