Inventors:
Paul G. Hagan - Northglenn CO
Frend J. Miner - Boulder CO
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy
Research and Development Administration - Washington DC
International Classification:
C01G 5600
Abstract:
Salts or materials containing plutonium and americium are dissolved in hydrochloric acid, heated, and contacted with an alkali metal carbonate solution to precipitate plutonium and americium carbonates which are thereafter readily separable from the solution.