Small-scale actinide(III) partitioning processes in miniature hollow fibre modules

• DOI: 10.1524/ract.93.4.197.64068
• Publication Date: 2005-05-02T15:34:59Z
• Authors: Andreas Geist; Michael Weigl; Klaus Gompper
• Keywords: ddc:620; 02 engineering and technology; 0204 chemical engineering; Engineering & allied operations; info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/620; 620

Summary Miniature hollow fibre modules were fabricated and used as phase contactors for chemical liquid–liquid extraction. They were tested for americium(III) selective extraction, using three different extractants of relevance to the European Partitioning and Transmutation strategy. Americium could be removed from the feed phase to >99.9% in all cases. Only few ten millilitres of feed phases were consumed running a test. This is the major advantage of the miniature hollow fibre modules over commercially available modules which have been used previously.