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The separation of plutonium from uranium and fission products in the fast reactor fuel cycle and the chemistry of that separation process.
The separation of plutonium from uranium and fission products in the fast reactor fuel cycle and the chemistry of that separation process.
| Module code and title: | S304, The nature of chemistry |
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| Item code: | S304; 28 |
| First transmission date: | 27-08-1977 |
| Published: | 1977 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
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| Producer: | David Jackson |
| Contributor: | David Johnson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Chemistry; Dounreay; Fuel; Plutonium; Reactor; Reprocessing; Separation; Uranium |
| Footage description: | Footage - Dounreay. Prototype fast reactor. Reactor buildings. Plutonium 239. Graphic of plutonium. Reactor core in construction. Sub-assembly (0'55"-2'58") - Graphic of fuel pins (3'09"-4'00") - Remote handling operations of the sub-assembly in concrete caves (5'24"-6'27") - Reaction of nitric acid on an oxide fuel pellet. Glass model of stainless steel dissolver (6'28"-7'52") - Reaction of nitric acid with uranium 4. Solutions of fuel element, uranium 6, plutonium 4 & fission products (8'28-9'43") - Liquid-liquid extraction. Equation to describe the equilibrium between two phases. Plutonium 4 mixed with nitric acid, TBP & kerosene. Liquid-liquid extraction with the acid solution of the fuel element (10'07"-14'14") - Reducing agent added to uranium 6 (15'14"-16'23") - Model of mixer/settler (17'20"-21'41") - Experiment producing plutonium dioxide (22'13"-23'03"). |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/72429 |
| Production number: | 00525_1236 |
| Videofinder number: | 910 |
| Available to public: | no |
