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Reprocessing with amine-ether systems. Part 2. Distribution coefficients

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4622473

Results have been obtained for the extraction of uranium, plutonium, nitric acid and fission products into tertiary amines in either diluents, and for the backwashing of plutonium from the organic phase. Most of the work has been with a solution of Alamine 336 in dibutyl cellosolve (DBC). The results show that the preferential extraction of plutonium from a mixture of plutonium, uranium and fission products is feasible, and that acetic acid-nitric acid mixtures can be used for backwashing.

Research Organization:
Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, England (United Kingdom)
NSA Number:
NSA-19-030316
OSTI ID:
4622473
Report Number(s):
AERE-R-4440(Pt.2)
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English