Gregory P. Horne

Gamma Radiolysis of Hydroxylamine in Aqueous Nitric Acid Solutions

Abstract The radiolytic stability of hydroxylamine (NH3OH+) in concentrated nitric acid (HNO3) is directly relevant to plutonium finishing in used nuclear fuel reprocessing, where NH3OH+ serves as both a plutonium reductant and nitrous acid (HNO2) scavenger under high-radiation c...