Published 2001 | Version v1
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Development of a flowsheet for purification of off standard PuO2 containing uranium and metallic impurities

  • 1. Process Development Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)

Description

A flowsheet was developed for purification of impure plutonium oxide containing gram quantities of uranium and higher levels of undesirable metallic impurities. The procedure involved a leaching step with nitric acid followed by dissolution in HF-HNO3 mixture, precipitation as oxalate and calcination to PuO2 at 500 deg C. The product oxide obtained, met the specifications with respect to uranium content and other impurities. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of BRNS-DAE national symposium on nuclear and radiochemistry

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of BRNS-DAE national symposium on nuclear and radiochemistry
Imprint Pagination
587 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 204-205

Conference

Title
5. national symposium on nuclear and radiochemistry
Acronym
NUCAR 2001
Dates
7-10 Feb 2001
Place
Pune (India)

Optional Information

Notes
1 ref., 1 fig., 1 tab.