Solvent wash solution
Abstract
A process is claimed for removing diluent degradation products from a solvent extraction solution, which has been used to recover uranium and plutonium from spent nuclear fuel. A wash solution and the solvent extraction solution are combined. The wash solution contains (a) water and (b) up to about, and including, 50 vol % of at least one-polar water-miscible organic solvent based on the total volume of the water and the highly-polar organic solvent. The wash solution also preferably contains at least one inorganic salt. The diluent degradation products dissolve in the highly-polar organic solvent and the organic solvent extraction solvent do not dissolve in the highly-polar organic solvent. The highly-polar organic solvent and the extraction solvent are separated.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6196128
- Application Number:
- ON: TI85006414
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-83SR11036
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; PROCESS SOLUTIONS; PURIFICATION; PUREX PROCESS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; TBP; BUTYL PHOSPHATES; DISPERSIONS; ESTERS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; REPROCESSING; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; 050800* - Nuclear Fuels- Spent Fuels Reprocessing
Citation Formats
Neace, J C. Solvent wash solution. United States: N. p., 1984.
Web.
Neace, J C. Solvent wash solution. United States.
Neace, J C. Tue .
"Solvent wash solution". United States.
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title = {Solvent wash solution},
author = {Neace, J C},
abstractNote = {A process is claimed for removing diluent degradation products from a solvent extraction solution, which has been used to recover uranium and plutonium from spent nuclear fuel. A wash solution and the solvent extraction solution are combined. The wash solution contains (a) water and (b) up to about, and including, 50 vol % of at least one-polar water-miscible organic solvent based on the total volume of the water and the highly-polar organic solvent. The wash solution also preferably contains at least one inorganic salt. The diluent degradation products dissolve in the highly-polar organic solvent and the organic solvent extraction solvent do not dissolve in the highly-polar organic solvent. The highly-polar organic solvent and the extraction solvent are separated.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 13 00:00:00 EST 1984},
month = {Tue Mar 13 00:00:00 EST 1984}
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