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Chemical processing flowsheets have been developed to partition actinides from all actinide-bearing LWR fuel reprocessing and refabrication plant wastes. These wastes include high-activity-level liquids, scrap recovery liquors, HEPA filters and incinerator ashes, and chemical salt wastes such as sodium carbonate scrub solutions, detergent cleanup streams, and alkaline off-gas scrubber liquors. The separation processes that were adopted for this study are based on solvent extraction, cation exchange chromatography, and leaching with Ce4 +-HNO3 solution.
Research sponsored by the Office of Nuclear Waste Management, U. S. Department of Energy, under contract W-7405-Eng-26 with the Union Carbide Corporation.
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Tedder, D.W., Finney, B.C., Blomeke, J.O. (1980). Methods For Separating Actinides From Reprocessing And Refabrication Plant Wastes. In: Northrup, C.J.M. (eds) Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management. Advances in Nuclear Science & Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3839-0_107
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