Flowsheet report for baseline actinide blanket processing for accelerator transmutation of waste

Technical Report · Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7023901· OSTI ID:7023901

Walker, R B

We provide a flowsheet analysis of the chemical processing of actinide and fission product materials form the actinide blanket of an accelerator-based transmutation concept. An initial liquid ion exchange step is employed to recover unburned plutonium and neptunium, so that it can be returned quickly to the transmitter. The remaining materials, consisting of fission products and trivalent actinides (americium, curium), is processed after a cooling period. A reverse Talspeak process is employed to separate these trivalent actinides from lanthanides and other fission products.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 7023901
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-92-1241; ON: DE93000343
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
TRANSMUTATION
ACTINIDES
FISSION PRODUCTS
FLOWSHEETS
ION EXCHANGE
TALSPEAK PROCESS
DIAGRAMS
ELEMENTS
ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
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