Effect of ionizing radiation on solvent extraction systems for the separation of minor actinides KU Leuven
Minor actinides and long living fission products, are largely responsible for the radiotoxicity and heat production of spent nuclear fuel on the long term. During the last decades, significant scientific and technical progress has been made in Europe for R&D on the selective extraction of minor actinides from spent fuel. This task was made challenging by the chemical similarity of actinides and lanthanides, but also by their unfavourable ...