Plutonium Partitioning in the Purex Process with Hydrazine-Stabilized Hydroxylamine Nitrate

摘要

The use of hydrazine-stabilized hydroxylamine nitrate (HAN) to partition plutonium from uranium in the Purex process was successfully demonstrated in a laboratory multistage contactor. Reduction rate constants for the HAN-Pu(IV) reaction were obtained and used in a generally satisfactory computer simulation of the partition behavior.