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Title: RECOVERY OF PLUTONIUM FROM SLAG AND CRUCIBLE

Abstract

Slag and crucible can be dissolved satisfactorily by the Los Alamos method of total dissolution with nitric acid in the presence of aluminum nitrate. Extraction of 99% of the plutonium from total dissolution salted with aluminum nitrate was achieved by three successive contactings with 1/10 volumes of 30% TBp- AMSCO 125-90W. The TBPAMSCO phases contacted with leaching solutions salted with calcium nitrate must be scrubbed to remove calcium. Stripping with three 1/10 volumes of 0.1M hydroxylamine sulfate removes 99% of the plutonium from the 30% TBPAMSCO, initially O.lM HNO/sub 3/. Plutonium(III) oxalate, (which could be blended into 234-5 operations) can be precipitated from the aqueous strip solution. It is chemically feasible to recycle slag and crucible solution to the Redox IIA column in amounts up to at least lO% of IIAF by volume. It is also chemically feasible to recycle nitric acid solution of slag crucible obtained in the presence of aluminum nitrate to the Product Precipitation step of the Second Decontamination Cycle of the Bismuth Phosphate Process. (auth)

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
General Electric Co. Hanford Atomic Products Operation, Richland, Wash.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
4015502
Report Number(s):
HW-20817(Del.)
NSA Number:
NSA-15-018123
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31-109-ENG-52
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Decl. with deletions Mar. 7, 1960. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
CHEMISTRY; ALUMINUM NITRATES; AMINES; AMSCO; BISMUTH PHOSPHATES; BUTYL PHOSPHATES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM NITRATES; CRUCIBLES; EXTRACTION COLUMNS; KEROSENE; LEACHING; NITRIC ACID; OXALATES; PLUTONIUM; PRECIPITATION; RECOVERY; REDOX PROCESS; SLAGS; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION

Citation Formats

Groot, C, Hopkins, Jr, H H, and Schulz, W W. RECOVERY OF PLUTONIUM FROM SLAG AND CRUCIBLE. United States: N. p., 1951. Web. doi:10.2172/4015502.
Groot, C, Hopkins, Jr, H H, & Schulz, W W. RECOVERY OF PLUTONIUM FROM SLAG AND CRUCIBLE. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/4015502
Groot, C, Hopkins, Jr, H H, and Schulz, W W. 1951. "RECOVERY OF PLUTONIUM FROM SLAG AND CRUCIBLE". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/4015502. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4015502.
@article{osti_4015502,
title = {RECOVERY OF PLUTONIUM FROM SLAG AND CRUCIBLE},
author = {Groot, C and Hopkins, Jr, H H and Schulz, W W},
abstractNote = {Slag and crucible can be dissolved satisfactorily by the Los Alamos method of total dissolution with nitric acid in the presence of aluminum nitrate. Extraction of 99% of the plutonium from total dissolution salted with aluminum nitrate was achieved by three successive contactings with 1/10 volumes of 30% TBp- AMSCO 125-90W. The TBPAMSCO phases contacted with leaching solutions salted with calcium nitrate must be scrubbed to remove calcium. Stripping with three 1/10 volumes of 0.1M hydroxylamine sulfate removes 99% of the plutonium from the 30% TBPAMSCO, initially O.lM HNO/sub 3/. Plutonium(III) oxalate, (which could be blended into 234-5 operations) can be precipitated from the aqueous strip solution. It is chemically feasible to recycle slag and crucible solution to the Redox IIA column in amounts up to at least lO% of IIAF by volume. It is also chemically feasible to recycle nitric acid solution of slag crucible obtained in the presence of aluminum nitrate to the Product Precipitation step of the Second Decontamination Cycle of the Bismuth Phosphate Process. (auth)},
doi = {10.2172/4015502},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4015502}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 1951},
month = {Fri Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 1951}
}