Open AccessFINAL CYCLE PLUTONIUM RECOVERY BY AMINE EXTRACTION
Author(s) -
C.F. Coleman
Publication year - 1961
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4005233
Subject(s) - data scrubbing , plutonium , purex , chemistry , extraction (chemistry) , stripping (fiber) , acetic acid , radiochemistry , aqueous solution , amine gas treating , chromatography , solvent extraction , waste management , materials science , organic chemistry , engineering , composite material
The flowsheet visualized from development work thus far for final plutonium recovery and purification will accept as feed a Purex partition stream without feed adjustment beyond the usual reoxidation. Extraction with trilaurylamine at approximately 0.3M appears suitable for 20 to 60 g Pu/liter product from 0.5 to 2 g Pu/liter feed. Scrubbing with either ((2 M or))2 M HNO/ sub 3/ is possible. Acetic acid is at present the first choice for stripping agent, with oil-soluble and aqueous-soluble organic reductants as alternates. (auth