Process chemistry of americium-241

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6124746

Navratil, J D

Americium-241, one of the most useful actinide isotopes, is produced as a by-product of plutonium scrap recovery operations. Rocky Flats has supplied high purity americium oxide to the US Department of Energy's Isotope Pool since 1962. Over the years, the evolving separation and purification processes have included such diverse operations as ion exchange, aqueous precipitation, and both molten-salt and organic-solvent extraction.

• Research Organization: Rockwell International Corp., Golden, CO (USA). Rocky Flats Plant
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP03533
• OSTI ID: 6124746
• Report Number(s): RFP-3688; ON: DE85004965
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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