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Title: Flowsheet report for baseline actinide blanket processing for accelerator transmutation of waste

Abstract

We provide a flowsheet analysis of the chemical processing of actinide and fission product materials form the actinide blanket of an accelerator-based transmutation concept. An initial liquid ion exchange step is employed to recover unburned plutonium and neptunium, so that it can be returned quickly to the transmitter. The remaining materials, consisting of fission products and trivalent actinides (americium, curium), is processed after a cooling period. A reverse Talspeak process is employed to separate these trivalent actinides from lanthanides and other fission products.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10176370
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-92-1241
ON: DE93000343
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 8 Apr 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; TRANSMUTATION; FLOWSHEETS; ACTINIDES; FISSION PRODUCTS; ION EXCHANGE; TALSPEAK PROCESS; 052001; WASTE PROCESSING

Citation Formats

Walker, R B. Flowsheet report for baseline actinide blanket processing for accelerator transmutation of waste. United States: N. p., 1992. Web. doi:10.2172/10176370.
Walker, R B. Flowsheet report for baseline actinide blanket processing for accelerator transmutation of waste. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10176370
Walker, R B. 1992. "Flowsheet report for baseline actinide blanket processing for accelerator transmutation of waste". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10176370. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10176370.
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title = {Flowsheet report for baseline actinide blanket processing for accelerator transmutation of waste},
author = {Walker, R B},
abstractNote = {We provide a flowsheet analysis of the chemical processing of actinide and fission product materials form the actinide blanket of an accelerator-based transmutation concept. An initial liquid ion exchange step is employed to recover unburned plutonium and neptunium, so that it can be returned quickly to the transmitter. The remaining materials, consisting of fission products and trivalent actinides (americium, curium), is processed after a cooling period. A reverse Talspeak process is employed to separate these trivalent actinides from lanthanides and other fission products.},
doi = {10.2172/10176370},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 1992},
month = {Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 1992}
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