Laboratory studies of the use of uranium(IV) as a plutonium reductant in a Purex process
Description:
This report describes laboratory-scale studies made to evaluate the feasibility of using uranium(IV)-hydrazine instead of ferrous sulfamate-sulfamic acid as the partitioning agent in the Hanford Atomic Products Operation Purex separations plant. Iron(II), in combination with sulfamic acid as a holding reductant, has been used very successfully for many years as a plutonium reductant in solvent extraction separation processes for irradiated nuclear fuels. However, the iron remains in the radioac…
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Date:
July 30, 1964
Creator:
Mendel, J. E.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department