Flow sheet development studies on partitioning of uranium and plutonium during reprocessing of fast reactor fuels. Contributed Paper PE-07

Separation of uranium and plutonium after achieving the sufficient decontamination factor from fission product is essential. An aqueous phase based process by the addition of uranous followed by solvent extraction with 30 % TBP is optimized. The results of this study indicate it is feasible to achieve the uranium and plutonium products such they can be reconverted in the respective oxides in reconversion laboratory. The results also indicates that the requirement of uranous is 10% more than the stochiometric requirement. (author)