GB2004407A

GB2004407A – Purification of plutonium
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GB2004407A – Purification of plutonium
– Google Patents
Purification of plutonium

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Publication number
GB2004407A

GB2004407A
GB7835179A
GB7835179A
GB2004407A
GB 2004407 A
GB2004407 A
GB 2004407A
GB 7835179 A
GB7835179 A
GB 7835179A
GB 7835179 A
GB7835179 A
GB 7835179A
GB 2004407 A
GB2004407 A
GB 2004407A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
plutonium
uranium
neptunium
aqueous phase
hydroxylamine
Prior art date
1977-09-16
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Granted

Application number
GB7835179A
Other versions

GB2004407B
(en

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

British Nuclear Fuels PLC

Original Assignee
British Nuclear Fuels PLC
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
1977-09-16
Filing date
1978-08-31
Publication date
1979-03-28

1978-08-31
Application filed by British Nuclear Fuels PLC
filed
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British Nuclear Fuels PLC

1978-08-31
Priority to GB7835179A
priority
Critical
patent/GB2004407B/en

1979-03-28
Publication of GB2004407A
publication
Critical
patent/GB2004407A/en

1982-03-03
Application granted
granted
Critical

1982-03-03
Publication of GB2004407B
publication
Critical
patent/GB2004407B/en

Status
Expired
legal-status
Critical
Current

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Classifications

G—PHYSICS

G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS

G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel

G21C19/42—Reprocessing of irradiated fuel

G21C19/44—Reprocessing of irradiated fuel of irradiated solid fuel

G21C19/46—Aqueous processes, e.g. by using organic extraction means, including the regeneration of these means

C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY

C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

C01G—COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F

C01G56/00—Compounds of transuranic elements

C01G56/001—Preparation involving a liquid-liquid extraction, an adsorption or an ion-exchange

C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY

C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS

C22B60/00—Obtaining metals of atomic number 87 or higher, i.e. radioactive metals

C22B60/02—Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides

C22B60/0204—Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides obtaining uranium

C22B60/0217—Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides obtaining uranium by wet processes

C22B60/0252—Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides obtaining uranium by wet processes treatment or purification of solutions or of liquors or of slurries

C22B60/026—Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides obtaining uranium by wet processes treatment or purification of solutions or of liquors or of slurries liquid-liquid extraction with or without dissolution in organic solvents

C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY

C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS

C22B60/00—Obtaining metals of atomic number 87 or higher, i.e. radioactive metals

C22B60/02—Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides

C22B60/0295—Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides obtaining other actinides except plutonium

C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY

C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS

C22B60/00—Obtaining metals of atomic number 87 or higher, i.e. radioactive metals

C22B60/02—Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides

C22B60/04—Obtaining plutonium

Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin

Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT

Y02W30/00—Technologies for solid waste management

Y02W30/50—Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies

Abstract

The plutonium in a plutonium- containing stream obtained in the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel is separated from neptunium and uranium by bringing a solution containing plutonium, neptunium and uranium in an organic solvent into contact first with an aqueous solution of a hydroxylamine and/or a hydrazine salt at 30 to 35 DEG C to preferentially reduce the neptunium and to extract it into the aqueous phase and then bringing the organic solution containing plutonium and uranium into contact with an aqueous phase containing a hydroxylamine and a hydrazine salt at about 50 DEG C to preferentially reduce the plutonium and to extract it into the aqueous phase leaving the uranium in the organic solvent.

GB7835179A
1977-09-16
1978-08-31
Purification of plutonium

Expired

GB2004407B
(en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

GB7835179A

GB2004407B
(en)

1977-09-16
1978-08-31
Purification of plutonium

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

GB3878677

1977-09-16

GB7835179A

GB2004407B
(en)

1977-09-16
1978-08-31
Purification of plutonium

Publications (2)

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Publication Date

GB2004407A
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GB2004407A
(en)

1979-03-28

GB2004407B

GB2004407B
(en)

1982-03-03

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Priority Date
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GB7835179A
Expired

GB2004407B
(en)

1977-09-16
1978-08-31
Purification of plutonium

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Title

FR2640888A1
(en)

*

1988-12-24
1990-06-29
Kernforschungsz Karlsruhe

WO1999022379A1
(en)

*

1997-10-25
1999-05-06
British Nuclear Fuels Plc
Nuclear fuel reprocessing

WO2000013188A1
(en)

*

1998-08-28
2000-03-09
British Nuclear Fuels Plc
Nuclear fuel processing including reduction of np(vi) to np(v) with a hydrophilic substituted hydroxylamine

WO2000013187A1
(en)

*

1998-08-28
2000-03-09
British Nuclear Fuels Plc
Nuclear fuel reprocessing including reduction of np(vi) to np(v) with an oxime

WO2002073629A1
(en)

*

2001-03-13
2002-09-19
Commissariat A L’energie Atomique
Method for decontaminating solid iodine filters

WO2007135178A1
(en)

*

2006-05-24
2007-11-29
Commissariat A L’energie Atomique
Process for reprocessing a spent nuclear fuel and of preparing a mixed uranium-plutonium oxide

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Assignee
Title

RU2756277C1
(en)

*

2021-03-04
2021-09-30
Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение «Петербургский институт ядерной физики им. Б.П. Константинова Национального исследовательского центра «Курчатовский институт»
Method for chemical enrichment of uranium with light isotopes

1978

1978-08-31
GB
GB7835179A
patent/GB2004407B/en
not_active
Expired

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party

Publication number
Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

FR2640888A1
(en)

*

1988-12-24
1990-06-29
Kernforschungsz Karlsruhe

WO1999022379A1
(en)

*

1997-10-25
1999-05-06
British Nuclear Fuels Plc
Nuclear fuel reprocessing

WO2000013188A1
(en)

*

1998-08-28
2000-03-09
British Nuclear Fuels Plc
Nuclear fuel processing including reduction of np(vi) to np(v) with a hydrophilic substituted hydroxylamine

WO2000013187A1
(en)

*

1998-08-28
2000-03-09
British Nuclear Fuels Plc
Nuclear fuel reprocessing including reduction of np(vi) to np(v) with an oxime

US6413482B1
(en)

1998-08-28
2002-07-02
British Nuclear Fuels Plc
Method for reprocessing nuclear fuel by employing oximes

US6444182B1
(en)

1998-08-28
2002-09-03
British Nuclear Fuels Plc
Nuclear fuel reprocessing using hydrophilic substituted hydroxylamines

WO2002073629A1
(en)

*

2001-03-13
2002-09-19
Commissariat A L’energie Atomique
Method for decontaminating solid iodine filters

FR2822287A1
(en)

*

2001-03-13
2002-09-20
Commissariat Energie Atomique

PROCESS FOR DECONTAMINATION OF SOLID IODINE FILTERS

GB2390219A
(en)

*

2001-03-13
2003-12-31
Commissariat Energie Atomique
Method for decontaminating solid iodine filters

GB2390219B
(en)

*

2001-03-13
2004-10-27
Commissariat Energie Atomique
Method for decontaminating solid iodine filters

US7101822B2
(en)

2001-03-13
2006-09-05
Commissariat A L’energie Atomique
Method for decontaminating solid iodine filters

WO2007135178A1
(en)

*

2006-05-24
2007-11-29
Commissariat A L’energie Atomique
Process for reprocessing a spent nuclear fuel and of preparing a mixed uranium-plutonium oxide

FR2901627A1
(en)

*

2006-05-24
2007-11-30
Commissariat Energie Atomique
Recycling of used nuclear fuel and making of mixed oxide of uranium and plutonium comprises e.g. separating uranium and plutonium from aqueous nitric solution containing fuel, purifying and co-converting plutonium and uranium in to oxide

US7887767B2
(en)

*

2006-05-24
2011-02-15
Commissariat A L’energie Atomique
Process for reprocessing a spent nuclear fuel and of preparing a mixed uranium-plutonium oxide

CN101449338B
(en)

*

2006-05-24
2012-10-24
原子能委员会
Process for reprocessing a spent nuclear fuel and of preparing a mixed uranium-plutonium oxide

KR101386696B1
(en)

2006-05-24
2014-04-18
아레바 엔씨
Process for reprocessing a spent nuclear fuel and of preparing a mixed uranium-plutonium oxide

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Title
Description

1987-04-15
PCNP
Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

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