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PEROXIDE PROCESS FOR SEPARATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS

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OSTI ID:4284351

reduced state, from hexavalent uranium. It consists in treating an aqueous solution containing such uranium and plutonium ions with sulfate ions in order to form a soluble uranium sulfate complex and then treating the solution with a soluble thorium compound and a soluble peroxide compound in order to ferm a thorium peroxide carrier precipitate which carries down with it the plutonium peroxide present. During this treatment the pH of the solution must be maintained between 2 and 3.

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-13-004343
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2852336
OSTI ID:
4284351
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English