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Ion exchange technology in spent fuel reprocessing

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6271778
Solvent extraction is the major unit operation employed in spent nuclear fuel reprocessing. The operation yields three streams: fission product waste, uranium product and plutonium product. Ion exchange is primarily used in reprocessing as a tail-end method to concentrate and isolate the plutonium product stream. This chapter will describe the details of plutonium recovery and purification by both cation and anion exchange processing. A brief overview of miscellaneous uses of ion exchange employed in reprocessing will also be given. 19 references, 6 figures, 2 tables.
Research Organization:
Rockwell International Corp., Golden, CO (USA). Rocky Flats Plant
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP03533
OSTI ID:
6271778
Report Number(s):
RFP-3639; ON: DE85003967
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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ACTINIDES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXTRACTION
FUELS
ION EXCHANGE
MATERIALS
METALS
NUCLEAR FUELS
PLUTONIUM
PUREX PROCESS
PURIFICATION
REACTOR MATERIALS
RECOVERY
REPROCESSING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SPENT FUELS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS