Effect of Solvent Degradation on the Purex Process

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From abstract: "The combined attack of HNO3 and HNO2 on tributyl phosphate - kerosene solvent used in the Purex process produces degradation products that cause abnormal quantities of zirconium to be extracted along with the plutonium and uranium and thus limits the decontamination."

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Siddall, Thomas H., III; Wallace, Richard M. & Prout, W. E. May 1958.

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From abstract: "The combined attack of HNO3 and HNO2 on tributyl phosphate - kerosene solvent used in the Purex process produces degradation products that cause abnormal quantities of zirconium to be extracted along with the plutonium and uranium and thus limits the decontamination."

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Siddall, Thomas H., III; Wallace, Richard M. & Prout, W. E. Effect of Solvent Degradation on the Purex Process, report, May 1958; Wilmington, Delaware. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1201301/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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