URANIUM DECONTAMINATION WITH RESPECT TO ZIRCONIUM

Title: URANIUM DECONTAMINATION WITH RESPECT TO ZIRCONIUM

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A process is given for separating uranium values from a nitric acid aqueous solution containing uranyl values, zirconium values and tetravalent plutonium values. The process comprises contacting said solution with a substantially water-immiscible liquid organic solvent containing alkyl phosphate, separating an organic extract phase containing the uranium, zirconium, and tetravalent plutonium values from an aqueous raffinate, contacting said organic extract phase with an aqueous solution 2M to 7M in nitric acid and also containing an oxalate ion-containing substance, and separating a uranium- containing organic raffinate from aqueous zirconium- and plutonium-containing extract phase.

Inventors:: Vogler, S; Beederman, M

Publication Date:: 1961-05-01

OSTI Identifier:: 4019076

Patent Number(s):: US 2982600

Assignee:: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

NSA Number:: NSA-15-017029

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: CHEMISTRY; BUTYL PHOSPHATES; DECONTAMINATION; NITRIC ACID; PLUTONIUM; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; URANIUM; WATER; ZIRCONIUM

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                    Vogler, S, and Beederman, M. URANIUM DECONTAMINATION WITH RESPECT TO ZIRCONIUM.  United States: N. p., 1961. 
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  title        = {URANIUM DECONTAMINATION WITH RESPECT TO ZIRCONIUM},

  author       = {Vogler, S and Beederman, M},

  abstractNote = {A process is given for separating uranium values from a nitric acid aqueous solution containing uranyl values, zirconium values and tetravalent plutonium values. The process comprises contacting said solution with a substantially water-immiscible liquid organic solvent containing alkyl phosphate, separating an organic extract phase containing the uranium, zirconium, and tetravalent plutonium values from an aqueous raffinate, contacting said organic extract phase with an aqueous solution 2M to 7M in nitric acid and also containing an oxalate ion-containing substance, and separating a uranium- containing organic raffinate from aqueous zirconium- and plutonium-containing extract phase.},

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