Dibutyl Carbitol Solvent Extraction of Polonium-210 from Nitric Acid Solutions of Irradiated Bismuth (open access)

Dibutyl Carbitol Solvent Extraction of Polonium-210 from Nitric Acid Solutions of Irradiated Bismuth

Abstract: "A continuous countercurrent solvent extraction process utilizing dibutyl carbitol as the extractant has been developed for separating 210Po from large amounts of associated bismuth. Both laboratory and pilot plant data demonstrate the process is a suitable headend step in recovery of kilogram quantities of 210Po. Typically, the extraction process recovers over 98% of the 210Po, essentially free from bismuth (Bi DF>1500), in a dilute HNO3 solution suitable as a starting material for final concentration and purification steps."
Date: February 1968
Creator: Schulz, Wallace W. & Richardson, G. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nitride Fuels for Fast Breeder Reactors: Fuel Cycle Considerations (open access)

Nitride Fuels for Fast Breeder Reactors: Fuel Cycle Considerations

This report follows a study that was made to develop comparative fuel cycle costs for nitride and carbide fuels in a 1000 MWe sodium-cooled fast-breeder reactor.
Date: February 1968
Creator: Fletcher, John F. & Greenborg, Jess
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Progress Report, Research and Development Activities Fixation of Radioactive Residues: April-June 1965 (open access)

Quarterly Progress Report, Research and Development Activities Fixation of Radioactive Residues: April-June 1965

Introduction: "This progress report is the twenty-sixth in a series presenting research and development activities in the field of radioactive wastes. Experimental work charged to programs other than those of the Division of Reactor Development is included for general interest and completeness; such work is identified in the headings."
Date: September 1965
Creator: Pacific Northwest Labortoary. Chemistry Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library