Recovery of neptunium from highly radioactive waste solutions of PUREX origin using CMPO

被引:41
作者
Mathur, JN
Murali, MS
Krishna, MVB
Iyer, RH
Chitnis, RR
Wattal, PK
Bauri, AK
Banerji, A
机构
[1] BHABHA ATOM RES CTR,PROC ENGN & SYST DEV DIV,BOMBAY 400085,MAHARASHTRA,INDIA
[2] BHABHA ATOM RES CTR,DIV BIOORGAN,BOMBAY 400085,MAHARASHTRA,INDIA
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JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY-LETTERS | 1996年 / 213卷 / 06期
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10.1007/BF02162221
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The partitioning and recovery of Np-237 from three types of simulated high level waste solutions originating from PUREX processing of spent nuclear fuels such as sulfate bearing high level waste (SB-HLW), HLW from a pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR-HLW) and from a fast breeder reactor (FBR-HLW) have been carried out using a mixture of 0.2M CMPO and 1.2M TBP in dodecane. Quantitative extraction of neptunium was possible by either oxidizing it to the hexavalent state keeping K2Cr2O7 at 0.01M concentration or by reducing it to tetravalent state keeping Fe2+ at 0.02M concentration. Stripping of neptunium was carried out using different reagents, such as dilute nitric acid, oxalic acid and sodium carbonate. Almost quantitative recovery of neptunium has been achieved during these studies.
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