RECOVERY OF PLUTONIUM AND NEPTUNIUM FROM PUREX IWW BY ANION EXCHANGE
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4220464
The original purpose for installing the IWW anion exchange equipment in the Purex plant was to recover plutonium from high waste loss batches of IWW. The present work shows that this is feasible, and similar recovery of neptunium can also be obtained. The process can be applied to routine recovery of plutonium and neptunium from IWW even with only normal operating losses to the IWW, e.g., io reduce the neptunium losses currently experienced during reflux type operation. However, both technical and economic considerations would seem to indicate that recovery from batches with high plutonium or neptunium content would be more satisfactory. One attractive application is to recycle neptunium via the 3WB until a large inventory is developed, and then drop this to the IWW for adion exchange recovery. This has the distinct advantage of not requiring a plant shut-down for neptunium recovery. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co. Hanford Atomic Products Operation, Richland, Wash.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-000256
- OSTI ID:
- 4220464
- Report Number(s):
- HW-61145(Del.)
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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