Published July 7, 2000
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Journal article
Americium extraction from plutonium metal
Description
A single stage process using MgCl2 in CaCl2 has been demonstrated to remove 90% of the americium from plutonium with no transfer of impurities to the product metal except magnesium, which is readily removed in a vacuum casting operation
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.1292277;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 532
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 239
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- Plutonium futures - the science
- Acronym
- Topical conference on plutonium and actinides
- Dates
- 10-13 Jul 2000
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35046345
- Subject category
- S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- AMERICIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDES; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM HALIDES; CHLORIDES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DATA; ELEMENTS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; INFORMATION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MANAGEMENT; METALS; NUMERICAL DATA; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.