Method for cleaning solution used in nuclear fuel reprocessing

Patent · 31 December 1982

OSTI ID:864625

Tallent, Othar K ^[1]; Dodson, Karen E ^[2]; Mailen, James C ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge, TN
2. Knoxville, TN

A nuclear fuel processing solution containing (1) hydrocarbon diluent, (2) tri-n-butyl phosphate or tri-2-ethylhexyl phosphate, and (3) monobutyl phosphate, dibutyl phosphate, mono-2-ethylhexyl phosphate, di-2-ethylhexyl phosphate, or a complex formed by plutonium, uranium, or a fission product thereof with monobutyl phosphate, dibutyl phosphate, mono-2-ethylhexyl phosphate, or di-2-ethylhexyl phosphate is contacted with silica gel having alkali ions absorbed thereon to remove any one of the degradation products named in section (3) above from said solution.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4394269
• OSTI ID: 864625
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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