Method for dissolving delta-phase plutonium
Patent
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OSTI ID:7025638
This patent describes a process for dissolving plutonium metal, the process. It comprises: heating a mixture of nitric acid, hydroxylammonium nitrate and potassium fluoride; and immersing the plutonium in the mixture; the nitric acid having a concentration of not more than 2M, the hydroxylammonium nitrate having a concentration of between approximately 0.33 M and 1 M, and the potassium fluoride having a concentration between approximately 0.05 M approximately 0.1 M.
- Assignee:
- NOV; NOV-92-047252; EDB-93-000743
- Patent Number(s):
- A; US 5135728
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-817007
- OSTI ID:
- 7025638
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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050800* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Spent Fuels Reprocessing
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
ACTINIDES
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
AMMONIUM NITRATES
CONCENTRATION RATIO
DISPERSIONS
DISSOLUTION
ELEMENTS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HEATING
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXYL RADICALS
INORGANIC ACIDS
METALS
MIXTURES
NITRATES
NITRIC ACID
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
POTASSIUM FLUORIDES
RADICALS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
ACTINIDES
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
AMMONIUM NITRATES
CONCENTRATION RATIO
DISPERSIONS
DISSOLUTION
ELEMENTS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HEATING
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXYL RADICALS
INORGANIC ACIDS
METALS
MIXTURES
NITRATES
NITRIC ACID
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
POTASSIUM FLUORIDES
RADICALS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS