Published September 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

The radioactive wastes extracted by CO2 in a supercritical state

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Russian researchers have shown that CO2 in a supercritical state is able to selectively extract the uranium and the plutonium contained in spent fuels. This work require still a lot of validation studies but could be in the future an option to the current Purex process. (O.M.)

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Original title (French)
Les dechets radioactifs tries par CO

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Usine Nouvelle
Journal Issue
no.2883
Journal Page Range
p. 46
ISSN
0042-126X
CODEN
USNOAD