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I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
Fred Sicilio, T. H Goodgame, Bert Wilkins, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 9 | Number 4 | April 1961 | Pages 455-461
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25909
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The feasibility of purifying irradiation-degraded Purex-type solvent by distillation was indicated by laboratory scale studies. Direct fractional distillation does not appear to be feasible; however, flash distillation of the mixture into separate TBP and Amsco components and subsequent fractional distillation of each component can be performed in a trouble-free manner. The results of this work indicate that a washing operation and several flash distillations should suffice for purification of solvent irradiated up to 120 w-hr/liter.