Abstract
In this work a flowsheet has been put forthe recovery of uranium and plutonium from 2.5M nitric acid solutions using 17.5% tributyl phosphate (TBP)and 2.5% trioctylamine (TOA) in kerosene diluent . The fission products (resulting from irradiated of uranium samples in nuclear research reactor)were removed from the desired actinides U & Pu .The organic phase TBP/TOA/Kerosene, containing both actinides U&Pu were stripped using 0.1 M HNO3.Trioctylamine (2.5 volume ratio )in mesitylene , has been used in conditions appropriate for the recovery of Pu . From the experiments done using mixer-settler , the concentration of uranium in the organic phase in such conditions was very low ,not exceeding parts of a million
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How to Cite this Article
Al-Taweel, Husam H. and Jassim, Salah A
(2011)
"Uranium and Plutonium Recovery by Tributylphosphate Solvation and Trioctylamine Ion association Mechanisms,"
Baghdad Science Journal: Vol. 8:
Iss.
3, Article 16.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21123/bsj.2011.8.3.788-795
