Process for reducing plutonium

Details Process for reducing plutonium Process for reducing plutonium

1978-04-04

1980-04-08

Schafer, Richard E.

Chemistry of inorganic compounds

Treating mixture to obtain metal containing compound

Radioactive metal

423251, C01G 5600

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041972740

ABSTRACT:
A process for reducing plutonium is provided in which hydrazine is added as a reducing agent to a nitric acid solution of tetravalent plutonium in the presence of active carbon catalyst to thereby reduce tetravalent plutonium into trivalent plutonium.

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Cleveland, J. M. The Chemistry of Plutonium pp. 48-58, Gordon & Breach Science Pub. N.Y. 1970.
Nuc. Sci. Abs. 23:379, 1969.

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