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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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ANS designates Armour Research Foundation Reactor as Nuclear Historic Landmark
The American Nuclear Society presented the Illinois Institute of Technology with a plaque last week to officially designate the Armour Research Foundation Reactor a Nuclear Historic Landmark, following the Society’s decision to confer the status onto the reactor in September 2024.
Mrs. Abdul Majeed Shakila, Thandangorai Ganapathi Srinivasan, Kanwal Nain Sabharwal, Polur Rangarao Vasudeva Rao
Nuclear Technology | Volume 79 | Number 1 | October 1987 | Pages 116-119
Technical Note | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A16009
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The thermodynamic solubility of PuO2 in nitric acid has been calculated, taking into account the formation of higher nitrate complexes of plutonium at higher acidities. The dissolution of PuO2 in nitric acid containing hydrofluoric acid and hydrazine has been studied. The results indicate that the presence of hydrazine in nitric acid containing hydrofluoric acid aids the dissolution of PuO2. The destruction of hydrazine after the dissolution step is found to be easy.
