Open AccessEFFECT OF SOLVENT DEGRADATION ON THE PUREX PROCESS
Author(s) -
T. H. Siddall,
R.M. Wallace
Publication year - 1958
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4024772
Subject(s) - purex , plutonium , uranium , human decontamination , zirconium , radiochemistry , chemistry , degradation (telecommunications) , neptunium , kerosene , solvent , nuclear reprocessing , solvent extraction , nuclear chemistry , waste management , extraction (chemistry) , inorganic chemistry , materials science , chromatography , organic chemistry , metallurgy , telecommunications , computer science , engineering
The combined attack of HNO/sub 3/ and HNO/sub 2/ on TBP-kerosene solvents used in the Purex Process produces degradation products that cause abnormal quantities of zirconium to be extracted along with the plutonium and uranium and thus limits the decontamination. (auth