Abstract
: Efficient recovery of minor actinides (MA) from genuine PUREX raffinate has been successfully demonstrated by the TODGA + TBP extractant mixture dissolved in an industrial aliphatic solvent TPH. The process was carried out in centrifugal contactors using an optimized flow‐sheet involving a total of 32 stages, divided into 4 stages for extraction, 12 stages for scrubbing and 16 stages for back‐extraction. Very high feed decontamination factors were obtained (Am, Cm ∼ 40 000) and the recovery of these elements was higher than 99.99%. Of the non‐lanthanide fission products only Y and a small part of Ru were co‐separated into the product fraction together with the lanthanides and the MA.
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