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Decontamination of HEPA filters. Quarterly report, October, November, December 1976

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/495713· OSTI ID:495713

Mound Laboratory, in its many years of plutonium processing experience, has recovered over 150 kilograms of plutonium-238. Much of this material has been recovered from HEPA filters and other secondary wastes such as sludge, slag, etc. The basic recovery nitric acid leach process at Mound for the decontamination of HEPA filters will be improved and modified i this project for processing filters from the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Efforts this past quarter were directed toward determining the dissolution parameters of plutonium in HNO{sub 3} which included a study of the optimum acid concentration and optimum dissolution temperature.

Research Organization:
Monsanto Research Corp., Miamisburg, OH (United States). Mound Facility
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00053
OSTI ID:
495713
Report Number(s):
MLM-MU--77-62-0004; ON: DE96012459
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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