D.E. Horner
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D.E. Horner is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nuclear reprocessing & Plutonium. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications.
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The use of ferrous nitrate as a plutonium reductant for partitioning plutonium and uranium in purex processes.
D.E. Horner
- 01 Jan 1969
Abstract: Laboratory-scale studies showed ferrous nitrate—hydrazine solu tions to be an attractive alternative to ferrous sulfamate solutions for partitioning plutonium and uranium in a Purex flowsheet. In batch countercurrent tests simulating the processing of fast reactor fuels, more than 99.9% of the plutonium was stripped from the solvent by using as little as 25% of the stoichiometric amount of Fe(ll) needed to reduce all of the plutonium. Replacement of the ferrous sulfamate eliminates sulfate (its ultimate decomposition product) from the sys tem, thereby simplifying subsequent processing and waste disposal.