Process to separate transuranic elements from nuclear waste
Abstract
A process for removing transuranic elements from a waste chloride electrolytic salt containing transuranic elements in addition to rare earth and other fission product elements so the salt waste may be disposed of more easily and the valuable transuranic elements may be recovered for reuse. The salt is contacted with a cadmium-uranium alloy which selectively extracts the transuranic elements from the salt. The waste salt is generated during the reprocessing of nuclear fuel associated with the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR). 2 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6311470
- Patent Number(s):
- 7217916
- Application Number:
- ON: DE89011801
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
-
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01D - MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; MATERIALS RECOVERY; DESIGN; FISSION PRODUCTS; INVENTIONS; REMOVAL; SPENT FUELS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTOR MATERIALS; RECOVERY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; 052001* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Processing
Citation Formats
Johnson, T. R., Ackerman, J. P., Tomczuk, Z., and Fischer, D. F. Process to separate transuranic elements from nuclear waste. United States: N. p., 1988.
Web.
Johnson, T. R., Ackerman, J. P., Tomczuk, Z., & Fischer, D. F. Process to separate transuranic elements from nuclear waste. United States.
Johnson, T. R., Ackerman, J. P., Tomczuk, Z., and Fischer, D. F. Tue .
"Process to separate transuranic elements from nuclear waste". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6311470.
@article{osti_6311470,
title = {Process to separate transuranic elements from nuclear waste},
author = {Johnson, T. R. and Ackerman, J. P. and Tomczuk, Z. and Fischer, D. F.},
abstractNote = {A process for removing transuranic elements from a waste chloride electrolytic salt containing transuranic elements in addition to rare earth and other fission product elements so the salt waste may be disposed of more easily and the valuable transuranic elements may be recovered for reuse. The salt is contacted with a cadmium-uranium alloy which selectively extracts the transuranic elements from the salt. The waste salt is generated during the reprocessing of nuclear fuel associated with the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR). 2 figs.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1988},
month = {7}
}
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