Fission product separation from beryllium by ion exchange.

Abstract

An ion—exchange process has been developed on the laboratory scale for the separation of low level fission product activity from beryllium in aqueous nitrate solution. A 97 per cent, recovery of beryllium with gross β and γ decontamination factors of 104 and 2 x 103 respectively has been demonstrated. The process is flexible and should be applicable to both sulphate and chloride media.