Chemistry of inorganic compounds – Treating mixture to obtain metal containing compound – Radioactive metal
Patent
1994-09-12
1996-03-19
Mai, Ngoclan
Chemistry of inorganic compounds
Treating mixture to obtain metal containing compound
Radioactive metal
2041582, 2041574, 210682, 976DIG279, C01G 5600
Patent
active
055001920
ABSTRACT:
In a method of separating neptunium and plutonium, a nitric acid solution containing a mixture of neptunium and plutonium is oxidized by irradiation of ultraviolet light in the presence of a reducing agent. As a result, different valences of neptunium are adjusted all into the valence 5, which can remain in water, and in the meantime, valences of plutonium are adjusted into the valence 4 or 6, which can be extracted in the organic phase. It is therefore possible to separate neptunium and plutonium from each other without difficulty.
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Goibuchi Takayuki
Morimoto Kyoichi
Tomiyasu Hiroshi
Wada Yukio
Doryokuro Kakunenryo Kaihatsu Jigyodan
Mai Ngoclan
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