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4. Could such an accident happen in France?
Could such an accident happen in France and would it have the same consequences ?
The chemical treatment process is different in France. It is the PUREX process, based on the separation and purification of uranium and plutonium by liquid-liquid extraction, the solvent used being a 30% by volume mixture of tributyl phosphate diluted in a long-chain alkane.
One might wonder about an "analogous risk" to that of Mayak, in operations involving a mixture of organic products and concentrated nitric solutions.
To eliminate this risk, the concentration of fission product solutions prior to vitrification is carried out...
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