Abstract:
In order to know behavior of trace ruthenium in plutonium purification cycle, the influences of the phase contact time, the phase ratio, the concentration of HNO
3 on the extraction of Ru from nitric acid solution and the influences of flow ratio, the concentrations of HNO
3 and U in 2AF, the stage number of extraction and scrubbing on the countercurrent extraction process were studied in this work. The results show significant impact of flow ratio (2AF∶2AX), the concentration of HNO
3 and U in 2AF, the stage number of extraction and scrubbing. The bench scale hot test shows that the decontamination coefficient of Ru exceeds 1 000, much higher than the designed value.