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FRACTIONATION OF FISSION ELEMENTS BY ELECTRODIALYSIS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4840820
An electrodialysis process, employing ion exchange membranes, is developed for separating and recovering Cs--Ba/sup 137/, Zr--Nb/sup 95/, Ce-- Pr/ sup 144/, Sr--Y/sup 90/ , and Pm/sup 147/ from fission product waste solutions. Both a three and a seven cell electrodialysis unit are used for the separation process. Separation is not as complete with the seven cell unit as with the three cell unit, however, better separation can be expected by increasing the current density. The studies were performed on nitric, oxalic, and hydrofluoric acids in the three cell unit and nitric acid and ammonium acid fluoride in the seven cell unit. (N.W.R.)
Research Organization:
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, Rolla
NSA Number:
NSA-15-029287
OSTI ID:
4840820
Report Number(s):
TID-13423
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English