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Summary:PCT No. PCT/JP93/01332 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 19, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 19, 1994 PCT Filed Sep. 17, 1993.Fission noble metals contained in an insoluble residue and/or a high-level radioactive liquid waste generated in the step of reprocessing spent nuclear fuels are dissolved in nitric acid to prepare a palladium-containing nitric acid solution, which is then brought into liquid-liquid contact with an extracting solvent containing a dialkyl sulfide in which each alkyl group has 4 to 10 carbon atoms as an extractant to extract the palladium component into the extracting solvent. The palladium-containing extracting solvent is brought into liquid-liquid contact with an aqueous thio compound solution or aqueous ammonia solution to strip the palladium component into the aqueous solution. A borohydride compound in added to the palladium-containing aqueous solution to precipitate palladium from this solution by reduction, and metallic palladium is recovered by separating the precipitate from the aqueous solution.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP19930006813