Counter-current extraction studies for the recovery of neptunium by the Purex process. Part I
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4947517
It is proposed to recover neptunium-237, along with uranium and plutonium, during the fuel reprocessing in the PREFRE plant at Tarapur. Counter-current extraction studies, relevant to the code contamination (HA) and partitioning (IA) cycles of the purex process, were carried out to arrive at suitable chemical flowsheet conditions which would enable the co-extraction of neptunium along with uranium and plutonium. The results of the studies carried out using a laboratory mixer-settler unit and synthetic mixtures of neptunium and uranium are reported here. Based on these results, the chemical flowsheet conditions are proposed for the co-extraction of neptunium even if it exists as Np(V) in the aqueous feed solution. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay (India)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Sponsor not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-31-008333
- OSTI ID:
- 4947517
- Report Number(s):
- BARC--734
- Country of Publication:
- India
- Language:
- English
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