The digestion of thorium cake in nitric acid
Radioactive thorium cake is produced as a waste from the monazite processing plant in Malaysia. Strategic nuclear fuel elements such as thorium and uranium can be extracted from this waste. It was found that the waste contains up to 33% and 1.4% of ThO2 and U3O8 respectively. Digestion is the first...
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1989.
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