METHOD OF SEPARATING PLUTONIUM FROM LANTHANUM FLUORIDE CARRIER
Abstract
An improvement in oxidation-reduction type methods of separating plutoniunn from elements associated with it in a neutron-irradiated uranium solution is described. The method relates to the separating of plutonium from lanthanum ions in an aqueous 0.5 to 2.5 N nitric acid solution by 'treating the solution, at room temperature, with ammonium sulfite in an amount sufficient to reduce the hexavalent plutonium present to a lower valence state, and then treating the solution with H/sub 2/O/sub 2/ thereby forming a tetravalent plutonium peroxide precipitate.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4318760
- Patent Number(s):
- 2838371
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01G - COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22B - PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-014415
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDES; IONS; LANTHANUM FLUORIDES; MINERAL ACIDS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NITRIC ACID; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; OXIDATION; PATENT; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SOLUTIONS; SULFUROUS ACID; TEMPERATURE; URANIUM; WATER
Citation Formats
Watt, G W, and Goeckermann, R H. METHOD OF SEPARATING PLUTONIUM FROM LANTHANUM FLUORIDE CARRIER. United States: N. p., 1958.
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Watt, G W, & Goeckermann, R H. METHOD OF SEPARATING PLUTONIUM FROM LANTHANUM FLUORIDE CARRIER. United States.
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"METHOD OF SEPARATING PLUTONIUM FROM LANTHANUM FLUORIDE CARRIER". United States.
@article{osti_4318760,
title = {METHOD OF SEPARATING PLUTONIUM FROM LANTHANUM FLUORIDE CARRIER},
author = {Watt, G W and Goeckermann, R H},
abstractNote = {An improvement in oxidation-reduction type methods of separating plutoniunn from elements associated with it in a neutron-irradiated uranium solution is described. The method relates to the separating of plutonium from lanthanum ions in an aqueous 0.5 to 2.5 N nitric acid solution by 'treating the solution, at room temperature, with ammonium sulfite in an amount sufficient to reduce the hexavalent plutonium present to a lower valence state, and then treating the solution with H/sub 2/O/sub 2/ thereby forming a tetravalent plutonium peroxide precipitate.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 1958},
month = {Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 1958}
}
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