Separation and Determination of Plutonium of Plutonium-Uranium Fuel Elements
- New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL), New Brunswick, NJ (United States)
Plutonium is separated from uranium in plutonium-uranium oxide and plutonium-uranium carbide reactor fuel element samples by cation exchange. Initially the refractory oxides or carbides are dissolved by refluxing in concentrated nltric acid-6N hydrofluoric acid solution. After separation, plutonium is determined by potentiometric titration at constant current with potassium dichromate; uranium may be determined similarly. At least 99.9% recovery of both plutonium and uranium was obtained on synthetic samples.
- Research Organization:
- New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL), New Brunswick, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-010737
- OSTI ID:
- 4707867
- Report Number(s):
- NBL--189
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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