Process to separate transuranic elements from nuclear waste
Abstract
A process is described for removing transuranic elements from a waste chloride electrolytic salt containing transuranic elements in addition to rare earth and other fission product elements so the salt waste may be disposed of more easily and the valuable transuranic elements may be recovered for reuse. The salt is contacted with a cadmium-uranium alloy which selectively extracts the transuranic elements from the salt. The waste salt is generated during the reprocessing of nuclear fuel associated with the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR). 2 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7023966
- Patent Number(s):
- 4814046
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-217916
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 12 Jul 1988
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; IFR REACTOR; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; MATERIALS RECOVERY; REPROCESSING; SPENT FUELS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FUELS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; ZERO POWER REACTORS; 052001* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Processing; 210500 - Power Reactors, Breeding
Citation Formats
Johnson, T R, Ackerman, J P, Tomczuk, Z, and Fischer, D F. Process to separate transuranic elements from nuclear waste. United States: N. p., 1989.
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Johnson, T R, Ackerman, J P, Tomczuk, Z, & Fischer, D F. Process to separate transuranic elements from nuclear waste. United States.
Johnson, T R, Ackerman, J P, Tomczuk, Z, and Fischer, D F. Tue .
"Process to separate transuranic elements from nuclear waste". United States.
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title = {Process to separate transuranic elements from nuclear waste},
author = {Johnson, T R and Ackerman, J P and Tomczuk, Z and Fischer, D F},
abstractNote = {A process is described for removing transuranic elements from a waste chloride electrolytic salt containing transuranic elements in addition to rare earth and other fission product elements so the salt waste may be disposed of more easily and the valuable transuranic elements may be recovered for reuse. The salt is contacted with a cadmium-uranium alloy which selectively extracts the transuranic elements from the salt. The waste salt is generated during the reprocessing of nuclear fuel associated with the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR). 2 figs.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 21 00:00:00 EST 1989},
month = {Tue Mar 21 00:00:00 EST 1989}
}
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