Process to separate transuranic elements from nuclear waste

Patent · Tue Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6311470

Johnson, T. R.; Ackerman, J. P.; Tomczuk, Z.; Fischer, D. F.

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.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A7217916
• Application Number: ON: DE89011801
• OSTI ID: 6311470
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
DESIGN
FISSION PRODUCTS
INVENTIONS
REMOVAL
SPENT FUELS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FUELS
ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
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PROCESSING
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RECOVERY
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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