Proposed ion exchange applications in the Hanford separations processes (open access)

Proposed ion exchange applications in the Hanford separations processes

This report discusses the use of solvent extraction techniques at HAPO for separating plutonium from uranium and fission products which is rather expensive. This is in part due to solvent, chemical and process steam costs and in part to the need for complicated equipment to handle the process. It is felt that the use of ion exchange resin techniques might be economically attractive both as to lowered chemical costs and equipment simplification. Also, the decontamination achieved by solvent extraction is at time marginal. Changing to another process following partial decontamination by solvent offers the possibility of greater over-all DF`s.
Date: November 5, 1956
Creator: Brown, B.
System: The UNT Digital Library