Processing of americium and curium at Savannah River Plant
Conference
·
OSTI ID:5762629
/sup 241/Am has typically been recovered from aged fuel-grade plutonium metal. /sup 243/Am and /sup 244/Cm have typically been recovered from either Al-clad Pu-Al alloy targets or Al-clad PuO/sub 2/-Al cermet targets. Several generations of processes have been used to isolate the Am-Cm fraction from the Purex waste stream. The final (fourth) generation-process uses selective dissolution of the Al with NaNO/sub 3/-NaOH. (DLC)
- Research Organization:
- Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-76SR00001
- OSTI ID:
- 5762629
- Report Number(s):
- DP-MS-83-60; CONF-831047-10; ON: DE83014365
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM
AMERICIUM
CURIUM
DISSOLUTION
ELEMENTS
FUEL CANS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXIDES
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
PUREX PROCESS
RECOVERY
REPROCESSING
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SEPARATION PROCESSES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SODIUM HYDROXIDES
SODIUM NITRATES
TARGETS
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS