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ANION EXCHANGE SEPARATION OF TRIVALENT ACTINIDES AND LANTHANIDES

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4179359· OSTI ID:4179359

A process for separating americium and curium from rare earths by anion exchange based on selective chloride complexing was developed and tested on a laboratory scale. The separation is accomplished by sorption of americium, curium, and rare earths on Dowex 1-10X resin from a solution of 8 M LiNO/dub 3/ followed by selective elution of rare earths with 10 M LiCl and americium-curium elution with 1 M LiCl. In a laboratory demonstration of this process, greater than 99.5% of americium tracer containing no detectable amounts of rare earths was recovered. (auth)

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
NSA Number:
NSA-14-019020
OSTI ID:
4179359
Report Number(s):
CF-60-3-23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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