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Creator:: Matteson, Brent Searle
Abstract:: Used Nuclear Fuel (UNF) contains transuranic (TRU) elements and numerous fission products as a result of the uranium fission process and neutron activation that occur in commercial light water power reactors. Recent environmental and nuclear proliferation concerns have spawned the development of advanced reprocessing techniques to close the nuclear fuel...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: advanced reprocessing techniques to close the nuclear fuel cycle. By separating specific elemental groups

Creator:: Brown, M. Alex
Abstract:: The goal of Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative program is to efficiently separate and recover actinides in attempts to reprocess irradiated nuclear fuel and reduce the necessary storage volume. In order to facilitate large-scale industrial applications of liquid-liquid separation processes, knowledge of the thermodynamic constants associated with the distribution of metal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Project Summary ………………………… 2.1 Irradiated Fuel and Reprocessing Chemistry …………. 2.2

Creator:: Lapka, Joseph
Abstract:: In this work, three isomeric forms of N, N'-diethyl, N, N'-ditolyldipicolinamide (EtTDPA) were synthesized. The elements thorium through americium, which make up a significant portion of the actinides in used nuclear fuel (with the exception of curium), and two fission products, molybdenum and technetium, were tested for their ability to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: used fuel reprocessing. Degradation products were determined and the effect of their presence on

Creator:: Brown, M. Alex
Abstract:: Carboxylic acids have played an important role in the field of actinide (An) and lanthanide (Ln) separations and the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel. Recent bench-scale experiments have demonstrated that 3-carboxy-3-hydroxypentanedioic acid (citric acid) is a promising aqueous complexant that can effectively aid in the separation of transition metals from...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel. Recent bench-scale experiments have demonstrated that 3-carboxy-3

Creator:: Gullekson, Brian J.
Abstract:: Partitioning of trivalent actinides (in particular, americium and curium) from the fission produced light lanthanides is a major concern of used nuclear fuel reprocessing for the purposes of waste disposal. Several solvent extraction processes have been developed to address these chemically difficult separations. The historically employed TALSPEAK Process utilizes di-2-ethylhexyl...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: produced light lanthanides is a major concern of used nuclear fuel reprocessing for the purposes of waste

Creator:: Gullekson, Brian J.
Abstract:: Spent nuclear fuel (SNF) resultant from the generation of nuclear power is a chemically and radiologically diverse system which is advantageous to chemically process prior to geologic disposal. Hydrometallurgy is the primary technology for chemical processing for light water reactor spent fuels, where spent fuel is dissolved in an acid...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: water reactor spent fuels, where spent fuel is dissolved in an acid for liquid based separations. The

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