Method of separating thorium from plutonium
Patent
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OSTI ID:5382918
A method of chemically separating plutonium from thorium is claimed. Plutonium and thorium to be separated are dissolved in an aqueous feed solution, preferably as the nitrate salts. The feed solution is acidified and sodium nitrite is added to the solution to adjust the valence of the plutonium to the +4 state. A chloride salt, preferably sodium chloride, is then added to the solution to induce formation of an anionic plutonium chloride complex. The anionic plutonium chloride complex and the thorium in solution are then separated by ion exchange on a strong base anion exchange column.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Assignee:
- EDB-84-036840
- Patent Number(s):
- None
- Application Number:
- ON: DE84005933
- OSTI ID:
- 5382918
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400105* -- Separation Procedures
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ACTINIDES
ELEMENTS
ION EXCHANGE
METALS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM NITRATES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THORIUM
THORIUM COMPOUNDS
THORIUM NITRATES
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
400105* -- Separation Procedures
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ACTINIDES
ELEMENTS
ION EXCHANGE
METALS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM NITRATES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THORIUM
THORIUM COMPOUNDS
THORIUM NITRATES
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS