List of Publications from Reprocessing Group for the year 2010 Journal Publications

1. Govindan, P;Sukumar, S;Vijayan, KS;Santhosh Kumar, G;Ganesh, S;Sharma, PK;Dhamodharan, K;Subba Rao RV; Venkataraman, M; Natarajan, R, “ Recovery Of Plutonium From Carbonate Wash Solutions”, Journal Of Radioanalytical And Nuclear Chemistry, 2010, Vol.284 , pp.151–156.

2. Mishra, S;Lawrence, F;Sreenivasan, R;Pandey, NK;Mallika, C;Koganti, SB;Kamachi Mudali, U, “Development Of A Continuous Homogeneous Process For Denitration By Treatment With Formaldehyde”, Journal Of Radioanalytical And Nuclear Chemistry, 2010, Vol.285 , pp.687-695.

3. Ganesh, S;Khan, F;Ahmed, MK;Pandey, S, “Sequential Determination Of Uranium (iv), Free Acidity And Hydrazine In A Single Aliquot”, Journal Of Radioanalytical And Nuclear Chemistry, 2010, Vol.286 ,Iss.2 , pp.33-37.

4. S. Arockiasamy, K. Manoj, M.B. Mohan, C. Mallika and K.S. Nagaraja, “Syntheses, characterisation and vapour pressure of metallo-organic titanium precursor for MOCVD applications”, Inorg. Chim. Acta 363 (2010) 2243 - 2249.

5. Satyabrata Mishra, Falix Lawrence, R. Srinivasan, N.K. Pandey, C. Mallika, S.B. Koganti and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Development of a continuous homogeneous process for denitration by treatment with formaldehyde”, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 285 (2010) 687 - 695.

6. D. Jebaraj Mahildoss, T.N. Ravi, R.V.Subba Rao, “Spectrophotometric Determination of Plutonium III, IV, and VI concentrations in Nitric Acid Solution”, Journal of Radio Analytical and Nuclear Chemistry

7. “Radiation degradation in the mechanical properties of Polyetheretherketone-alumina composites”, Falix Lawrence, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan, D. Ponraju, S.K. Seshadri and T.S. Sampath Kumar, J. Nucl. Mater.

8. “Radiation degradation in thermal properties and morphology of polyetheretherketone- alumina composites”, Falix Lawrence, Satyabrata Mishra, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan, D. Ponraju, S.K. Seshadri and T.S. Sampath Kumar, Polymer Degradation and Stability

9. V. Reshmi, N.K. Pandey, R. Sivasubramanian, S. Ganesh, M.K. Ahmed, U.Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Process modeling of in-situ Electrochemical Partitioning of Uranium & Plutonium in Purex Process: Benchmark Results with Uranium Reduction” communicated to special volume of Journal of Desalination & Water Treatment

10. Sini K., Satyabrata Mishra, Falix Lawrence, C. Mallika and S.B. Koganti, “Destruction of soluble organics generated during the dissolution of sintered uranium carbide by mediated electrochemical oxidation process”, Radiochim. Acta

IGC -REPORTS

1. S.Ganesh, P.Velavendan, Bhavya S.Nair, T.Selvi, M.K.Ahmed, R.Geetha “Spectrophotometric Determination of Dissolved Tri-n-butylphosphate as Phosphomolybdate”-IGC-302.

2. P.Velavendan, S.Ganesh, V.Varalakshmi, Ramakannan, M.K.Ahmed, R.Geetha, U.Kamachi Mudali, “Ion-Chromatographic Determination of Di-n-butylphosphate in Organic Streams of Purex Process”-IGC-306

International or National Conference/ Symposia Presentation 1. Santosh Kumar, K.S.Vijayan, S.Ganesh, P.Govindan, M.C.Devarajan,

S.V.Mohan, R.V.Subba Rao, M.Venkataraman and R. Natarajan, SESTEC-2010, “Evaluation of Fission Products Decontamination by Direct Oxalate Precipitation of Plutonium”, DAE-BRNS Biennial International. Symp. on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2010), Kalpakkam, March 2010.

2. S. Sukumar, P. Govindan, Pradeep Kumar Sharma, R.V. Subba Rao, M. Venkataraman and R. Natarajan, “Purification of Uranium Product Using Aceto Hydroxamic Acid Based Process”, DAE-BRNS Biennial International. Symp. on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2010), Kalpakkam, March 2010.

3. Pranay Kumar Sinha, Kapil Dixit, M. Sampth, U. Kamachi Mudali and Shekhar Kumar‚“Preliminary studies on n-Alkane separation from Hydrocarbon Mixture by Urea-Adduct method”, DAE-BRNS Biennial International. Symp. on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2010), Kalpakkam, March 2010,.

4. Satyabrata Mishra, Falix Lawrence, R. Srinivasan, N.K. Pandey, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali and S.B. Koganti, “Pilot Plant Scale Denitration by Treatment with Formaldehyde”, DAE-BRNS Biennial International. Symp. on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2010), Kalpakkam, March 2010, p. 297, 298

5. R. Srinivasan, A. Chinnusamy, S. Sudhagar, T.N. Ravi and R.V. Subba Rao, “Electrochemical oxidation process for mineralization of solvent and recovery of plutonium from CORAL organic solvent”, DAE-BRNS Symp. on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2010), Kalpakkam, March 2010

6. Reshmi, V., N.K. Pandey, R. Sivasubramanian, S. Ganesh, M.K. Ahmed and U.Kamachi Mudali “ Process modeling of in-situ Electrochemical Partitioning of Uranium & Plutonium in Purex Process: Benchmark Results with Uranium Reduction”, DAE-BRNS Symp. on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2010), Kalpakkam, March 2010.

7. K Dhamodharan, D Jebaraj Mahildoss, S Parthasarathy, S V Mohan, T N Ravi, R. V.Subba Rao, M Venkataraman and R Natarajan, “Feasibility Studies for Recovery of Plutonium from the Pu Polymeric Species” , DAE-BRNS Sym. Emerging trends in Separation Science and Technology (SECTEC-2010) Kalpakkam, March 2010.

8. D.Jebaraj Mahildoss, T.N. Ravi, R.V.Subba Rao, M. Venkataraman, and R.Natarajan, “Spectrophotometric Determination of Plutonium III, IV, and VI in Nitric Acid Solutions”, Fourth international Symposium on Nuclear Analytical Chemistry (NAC-IV).

9. S.Sukumar, P.Govindan, Pradeep Kumar Sharma and R.V.Subba Rao,“ Estimation of phosphate content in PuO2 product”, Fourth international Symposium on Nuclear Analytical Chemistry (NAC-IV).

10. S.Subbuthai, S.V.Mohan, R.V.Subba Rao, M.Venkataraman and R. Natarajan, Feasibility studies for the detection of Third Phase during reprocessing of FRFuel, Fourth international Symposium on Nuclear Analytical Chemistry (NAC-IV).

11. Satyabrata Mishra, Falix Lawrence, R. Srinivasan, N.K. Pandey, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali and S.B. Koganti, “Pilot lant scale denitration by treatment with formaldehyde”, , DAE-BRNS Biennial Internatl. Symp. on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2010), Kalpakkam, March 2010, pp. 297, 298.

12. Sini K., Satyabrata Mishra, Falix Lawrence, N.K. Pandey, C. Mallika and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Production of uranous nitrate by electrochemical reduction in a continuous flow cell”, 4th ISEAC Triennial Internatl. Conf. on Electroanalytical Chemistry and Allied Topics (ELAC-2010), Puri, March (2010) pp. 211 - 214.

13. C. Mallika, Falix Lawrence, Satyabrata Mishra, D. Ponraju, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan, K. Raj Kumar and P.K. Das, “Development of non-metallic materials for FBR fuel reprocessing applications”, 2nd Internatl. Conf. on ‘Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010 (ANUP 2010)’, Mamallapuram, Oct. (2010) Paper No. MD 7.

14. Falix Lawrence, Utpal Borah, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali, A. Ravisankar, R. Natarajan, S.K. Seshadri and T.S. Sampath Kumar, “Tribological properties of PEEK coatings on aluminium”, ibid.

15. C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan, K. Raj Kumar and P. Thavamani, “Indigenous development of gauntlets for use in FBR fuel reprocessing plant”, Falix Lawrence, Natl. Seminar on ‘Recent Advances in PIE and Remote Technologies for Nuclear Fuel Cycle (RAPT – 2010)’, Anupuram, Kalpakkam, Sept. (2010) Paper No. PB15.

16. Reshmi, V., N.K. Pandey, R. Sivasubramanian, S. Ganesh, M.K. Ahmed and U.Kamachi Mudali “Process modeling of in-situ Electrochemical Partitioning of Uranium & Plutonium in Purex Process: Benchmark Results With Uranium Reduction”, SESTEC-2010, pp 287-288, Editors: P.N Pattak, R.M. Sawant, K.L. Ramkumar & V.K. Manchanda.

17. N.K. Pandey, Reshmi, V. R. Sivasubramanian, P. Velavendan, M.K. Ahmed and U.Kamachi Mudali, “Removal of Dissolved Tri-n-butyl Phosphate from Aqueous Solutions by Diluent Wash Method using Mixer settler”, SESTEC-2010, pp 265-266, Editors: P.N Pattak, R.M. Sawant, K.L. Ramkumar & V.K. Manchanda.

18. N.K. Pandey, Jaysree Patra, V. Reshmi, C.V. Joyakin, R. Rajeev, R. Sivasubramanian, P. Velavendan, C. Mallika and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Process Development and Modeling in Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing” ANUP – 2010.

19. N. C. Somkuwar, N. S. Kolhe, V.G. Lade, V. K. Rathod, N.K. Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan, “Drop size distribution and dispersed phase hold-up in pulsed sieve plate column”, ANUP – 2010.

20. N. C. Somkuwar, N. S. Kolhe, V.G. Lade, V. K. Rathod,, N.K. Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan “Drop size distribution and dispersed phase hold-up in pulsed sieve plate column”, ANUP – 2010.

21. K Dhamodharan, P Siva Kumar, S Subbuthai, P K Sharma, S V Mohan, R V Subba Rao, M Venkataraman and R Natarajan, “Purification of plutonium obtained during the lean organic treatment steps in CORAL”, SESTEC-2010.

22. P.Sivakumar, S.Meenakshi, S.V.Mohan, R.V.Subba Rao and M.Venkataraman,

“Modified TTA Method for the Determination of Plutonium”, Fourth international Symposium on Nuclear Analytical Chemistry (NAC-IV.

23. S.V.Mohan, P.Sivakumar, S.Subbuthai R.V.Subba Rao and M.Venkataraman, “Simultaneous determination of uranous and uranyl in a mixture”, Fourth international Symposium on Nuclear Analytical Chemistry (NAC-IV.

International or National Forthcoming conference/symposia

1. K.S.Vijayan, P.Govindan, M.C.Devarajan, S.V. Mohan and R.V.Subba Rao,

“Removal of Cesium and Ruthenium by co-precipitation followed by

adsorption over activated charcoal” Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium

2011 (NUCAR-2011) to be held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb

22-26, 2011, Paper No. 78 2. S.Sukumar, K.S.Vijayan, P.Govindan, S.V.Mohan and R.V.Subba Rao, “Recovery

of Plutonium from aqueous and organic analytical wastes generated in

CORAL Plant”, Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to

be held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper

No.79

3. Falix Lawrence, S. Sundaramurthy, A. Palanivel, A. Sriramamurthy, P.

Vijayasekaran, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Development of

radiation and corrosion resistant coatings on the components of motors of

centrifugal extractors”, ‘European Coatings CONGRESS’, Nürnberg, Germany,

March 28 - 30 (2011), Accepted.

4. Falix Lawrence, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan, D. Ponraju, S.K.

Seshadri and T.S. Sampath Kumar, “Degradation of polyetheretherketone –

alumina composites in high radiation field”, 63rd

Annual Session of ‘Indian

Chemical Engineering CONGRESS (CHEMCON-2010)’, Annamalai Nagar, Dec. 27 -

29 (2010), Accepted. 5. Pravati Swain, R. Sreenivasan, C. Mallika, S. Sriram, U. Kamachi Mudali and R.

Natarajan, “Separation of ruthenium during the electrolytic denitration of

simulated HLLW solution”, Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011

(NUCAR-2011)to be held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26,

2011. Paper No. 112.

6. G. Santhosh Kumar, S.Parthasarathy, S. Sudhagar, T.N. Ravi, R.V. Subba Rao and

R.Natarajan,“Spectrophotometric Determination of Dissolved TBP in Simulated

Raffinate Streams of CORAL” , Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011

(NUCAR-2011)to be held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26,

2011, Paper No. 89

7. D. Sivakumar , T. N. Ravi , R. V. Subba Rao and R. Natarajan, “ Determination

Of Uranium In Process Organic Samples Devoid Of Alcoholic Waste”, Nuclear

and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to be held in GITAM

university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper No. 90

8. S Subbuthai, S V Mohan, R V Subba Rao and R Natarajan, “ Development of

analytical method capable of reducing the waste volume during determination

of uranium in the reprocessing plant”, Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium

2011 (NUCAR-2011)to be held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb

22-26, 2011, Paper No. 91

9. D. Jebaraj Mahildoss, T.N. Ravi, R.V.Subba Rao, M. Venkataraman, and

R.Natarajan, “Simultaneous Spectrophotometric determination of Plutonium,

and Uranium” , Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to

be held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper No.

92

10. P.Sivakumar, S.Meenakshi, S.V.Mohan and R.V.Subba Rao, “Feasibility Studies

Of Aqueous Partitioning Of Plutonium And Uranium In Fast Reactor Fuel

Reprocessing Plants using hydroxyurea”, Nuclear and Radiochemistry

Symposium 2011(NUCAR-2011) to be held in GITAM university,

Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper No. 93. 11. Sivakumar, S.V.Mohan, R.V.Subba Rao and R Natarajan, “ Simaltaneous

determination of uranous and uranyl using fibre optic spectrophotometry”,

Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to be held in

GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper no. 94.

12. Patra, Jayasree, Pandey, N.K, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan,

“Characterization of Two Phase Flow Instability in the Mixing Zone of Annular

Centrifugal Contactor”, abstract accepted for International Solvent Extraction

Conference (ISEC-2011).

13. N.K. Pandey, P. Velavendan, V. Reshmi, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan,

“Electrochemical oxidation Process for the Destruction of Oxalate Ions in

Plutonium Oxalate Supernatant” CHEMCON – 2010 (communicated and

accepted for oral presentation).

14. P.Velavendan, N.K.Pandey and Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan “Ion

Chromatographic Studies on the Determination of Hydrazine in Presence of

Uranium” Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to be

held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011. Paper No. 58. 15. P.Velavendan, N.K.Pandey and Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan,“Ion

Chromatographic Determination of Di-n-butyl Phosphate in Degraded Organic

Solvent” Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to be held

in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper No.105.

16. P.Velavendan, S. Ganesh, N.K.Pandey and Kamachi Mudali, and R. Natarajan,

“Gas Chromatographic Determination of Di-n-butyl Phosphate in radioactive

lean organic Solvent of FBTR carbide fuel reprocessing” Nuclear and

Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to be held in GITAM university,

Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper no.126

List of Publications from Reprocessing Group From January 2011 to March 2011 Journal Publications

. 1. Bijendra Kumar, Shekhar Kumar, M. Sampath, D. Sivakumar, U. Kamachi

Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Direct dissolution of UO2 and in-situ extraction by TBP-nitric acid and TiAP-nitric acid organic solutions at atmospheric pressures”, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem., 288 (2011) 443-445.

2. Biplob Das, P. Mondal and Shekhar Kumar, “Pressurization studies in a sealed autoclave for thermal decomposition of nitrated TBP and TiAP”, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem., 288 (2011) 641-643.

3. Sini K., Satyabrata Mishra, Falix Lawrence, C. Mallika and S.B. Koganti, “Destruction of soluble organics generated during the dissolution of sintered uranium carbide by mediated electrochemical oxidation process”, Radiochim. Acta, 99 (2011) 23 - 30.

4. Muthukumar, Shekhar Kumar, P.K. Sinha, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Estimation of PVT properties and vapour pressure of alternate PUREX/UREX extractant Tri-iso Amyl Phosphate”, Published online J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem., 15 Feb. (2011).

5.N.S. Kolhe, Y.H. Mirage, A.W. Patwardhan, A.V. Patwardhan, V.K. Rathod, N.K. Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “CFD and experimental studies of single phase axial dispersion coefficient in pulsed sieve plate column”, J. Chem. Engg. Res. Design (Under revision).

6.Falix Lawrence, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan, D. Ponraju, S.K. Seshadri and T.S. Sampath Kumar, ‘Radiation degradation in the mechanical properties of polyetheretherketone-alumina composites”, J. Nucl. Mater. (Communicated).

7 Falix Lawrence, Satyabrata Mishra, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan, D. Ponraju, S.K. Seshadri and T.S. Sampath Kumar, “Radiation degradation in thermal properties and morphology of polyetheretherketone- alumina composites’, J. Mater. Engg. Performance (Communicated).

8.V. Reshmi, N.K. Pandey, R. Sivasubramanian, S. Ganesh, M.K. Ahmed, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Process modeling of in-situ electrochemical partitioning of uranium and plutonium in Purex process: Benchmark results with uranium reduction’, Desalination of Water Treatment; Special Volume (Communicated).

9.N.K. Pandey, V. Reshmi, P. Velavendan, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Adsorption of di-butyl phosphate on activated alumina: equilibrium and kinetics”, Chem. Engg. J. (Communicated).

International or National Forthcoming conference/symposia

17. K.S.Vijayan, P.Govindan, M.C.Devarajan, S.V. Mohan and R.V.Subba Rao,

“Removal of Cesium and Ruthenium by co-precipitation followed by

adsorption over activated charcoal” Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium

2011 (NUCAR-2011) to be held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb

22-26, 2011, Paper No. 78 18. S.Sukumar, K.S.Vijayan, P.Govindan, S.V.Mohan and R.V.Subba Rao, “Recovery

of Plutonium from aqueous and organic analytical wastes generated in

CORAL Plant”, Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to

be held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper

No.79

19. Falix Lawrence, S. Sundaramurthy, A. Palanivel, A. Sriramamurthy, P.

Vijayasekaran, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Development of

radiation and corrosion resistant coatings on the components of motors of

centrifugal extractors”, ‘European Coatings CONGRESS’, Nürnberg, Germany,

March 28 - 30 (2011), Accepted.

20. Pravati Swain, R. Sreenivasan, C. Mallika, S. Sriram, U. Kamachi Mudali and R.

Natarajan, “Separation of ruthenium during the electrolytic denitration of

simulated HLLW solution”, Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011

(NUCAR-2011)to be held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26,

2011. Paper No. 112.

21. G. Santhosh Kumar, S.Parthasarathy, S. Sudhagar, T.N. Ravi, R.V. Subba Rao and

R.Natarajan,“Spectrophotometric Determination of Dissolved TBP in Simulated

Raffinate Streams of CORAL” , Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011

(NUCAR-2011)to be held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26,

2011, Paper No. 89

22. D. Sivakumar , T. N. Ravi , R. V. Subba Rao and R. Natarajan, “ Determination

Of Uranium In Process Organic Samples Devoid Of Alcoholic Waste”, Nuclear

and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to be held in GITAM

university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper No. 90

23. S Subbuthai, S V Mohan, R V Subba Rao and R Natarajan, “ Development of

analytical method capable of reducing the waste volume during determination

of uranium in the reprocessing plant”, Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium

2011 (NUCAR-2011)to be held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb

22-26, 2011, Paper No. 91

24. D. Jebaraj Mahildoss, T.N. Ravi, R.V.Subba Rao, M. Venkataraman, and

R.Natarajan, “Simultaneous Spectrophotometric determination of Plutonium,

and Uranium” , Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to

be held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper No.

92

25. P.Sivakumar, S.Meenakshi, S.V.Mohan and R.V.Subba Rao, “Feasibility Studies

Of Aqueous Partitioning Of Plutonium And Uranium In Fast Reactor Fuel

Reprocessing Plants using hydroxyurea”, Nuclear and Radiochemistry

Symposium 2011(NUCAR-2011) to be held in GITAM university,

Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper No. 93. 26. Sivakumar, S.V.Mohan, R.V.Subba Rao and R Natarajan, “ Simaltaneous

determination of uranous and uranyl using fibre optic spectrophotometry”,

Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to be held in

GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper no. 94.

27. Patra, Jayasree, Pandey, N.K, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan,

“Characterization of Two Phase Flow Instability in the Mixing Zone of Annular

Centrifugal Contactor”, abstract accepted for International Solvent Extraction

Conference (ISEC-2011).

28. P.Velavendan, N.K.Pandey and Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan “Ion

Chromatographic Studies on the Determination of Hydrazine in Presence of

Uranium” Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to be

held in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011. Paper No. 58. 29. P.Velavendan, N.K.Pandey and Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan,“Ion

Chromatographic Determination of Di-n-butyl Phosphate in Degraded Organic

Solvent” Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to be held

in GITAM university, Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper No.105.

30. P.Velavendan, S. Ganesh, N.K.Pandey and Kamachi Mudali, and R. Natarajan,

“Gas Chromatographic Determination of Di-n-butyl Phosphate in radioactive

lean organic Solvent of FBTR carbide fuel reprocessing” Nuclear and

Radiochemistry Symposium 2011 (NUCAR-2011)to be held in GITAM university,

Vishakhapatinam from Feb 22-26, 2011, Paper no.126

15. Shekhar Kumar, Pranay Kumar Sinha, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan,

“Thermal stability of extractants and pressurization during heating in adiabatic

conditions”, Proc. DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear and Radiochemistry (NUCAR-

11), Vishakhapatnam, Feb. 22-26 (2011), p. 236, 237.

16. Shekhar Kumar, Pranay Kumar Sinha, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan,

“Thermodynamic properties of aqueous hydroxyurea solutions”, ibid, pp. 212, 213.

17.Pranay Kumar Sinha, Shekhar Kumar, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Thermal

decomposition of nitric acid during heating in adiabatic conditions”, ibid, pp. 208, 209.

18.P. Velavendan, S. Ganesh, N. K. Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Gas

chromatographic determination of di-n-butyl phosphate in radioactive lean organic

solvent of FBTR carbide fuel reprocessing”, ibid.

19. P. Velavendan, N.K. Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Hydrazine

determination in presence of uranium by modified spectrophotometric

method”, ibid.

20. P. Velavendan, N.K. Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Ion

chromatographic determination of di-n-butyl phosphate in degraded organic solvent”,

ibid.

21. Pravati Swain, R. Sreenivasan, C. Mallika, S. Sriram, U. Kamachi Mudali and R.

Natarajan, “Separation of ruthenium during the electrolytic denitration of simulated

HLLW solution”, ibid, pp. 461, 462.

22. Debasmita Dash, Shekhar Kumar, M. Sampath, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali and R.

Natarajan, Thermophysical properties of aqueous solutions of 1-hexyl 3-methyl

imidazolium bromide at 298.15 K and 0.1 MPa. Proc. 13th

CRSI Conf., Bhubaneswar,

Feb. 2011.

23. Falix Lawrence, S. Sundaramurthy, A. Palanivel, A. Sriramamurthy, P. Vijayasekaran, C.

Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Development of radiation and corrosion

resistant coatings on the components of motors of centrifugal extractors”,

‘European Coatings CONGRESS’, Nürnberg, Germany, March 28-30 (2011).

24. Falix Lawrence, Utpal Borah, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali, A. Ravisankar, R.

Natarajan, S.K. Seshadri and T.S. Sampath Kumar, “Tribological properties of PEEK

coatings on aluminium”, ibid.

Journal Publications as on 06 June 2011

1. Bijendra Kumar, Shekhar Kumar, M. Sampath, D. Sivakumar, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, Direct Dissolution of UO2 and In-situ Extraction by TBP-HNO3 and TiAP-HNO3 organic solutions at atmospheric pressure. By Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. Vol.288, 443-445 (2011)

2. Biplob Das, P. Mondal and Shekhar Kumar, Pressurization Studies in a Sealed Autoclave for Thermal Decomposition of Nitrated TBP and TIAP. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. Vol.288, 641-643. (2011).

3. M. Muthukumar, Shekhar Kumar, P.K. Sinha, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan. Estimation of PVT Properties and Vapour Pressure of Alternate PUREX/UREX Extractant Tri-iso Amyl Phosphate, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. Vol.288, 819-821. (2011)

4. Shekhar Kumar, M. Muthukumar, P.K. Sinha, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, PVT Properties of UNEX/HCCD-PEG Diluent Phenyl Trifluoromethyl Sulfone (FS-13) And Experimental Measurement of Vapour Pressure in 283.15-363.15 K Range. Paper Published onlineon 09 April 2011 in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. (2011)

5. Shekhar Kumar, Biplob Das and P. Mondal, Thermophysical Properties of 36% and 100%TiAP Solvents at 298.15 K. Paper Published online on 09 April 2011 in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (2011).

6. M. Balamurugan, Shekhar Kumar, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, Measurement of dispersion Numbers of 36% and 100% TiAP Solvents, equilibrated with Aqueous Nitric Acid Solutions. Paper Published online on 21 April 2011 in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. (2011).

7. Shekhar Kumar, Biplob Das and P. Mondal, Experimental Measurement and Correlation of Flash Point of Alternate PUREX/UREX solvent (36% TiAP) in C8-C16 Diluents. Paper Published online on 21 Paril 2011 in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (2011).

8. Shekhar Kumar, P.K. Sinha, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, Thermal Decomposition of Red-oil/Nitric Acid Mixtures in Adiabatic Conditions. Paper Published online on 22 April 2011 in. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. (2011).

9. Shekhar Kumar, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan , PVT Properties of PUREX/UREX Solvent Tri-n-Butyl Phosphate, Online published on 01 May 2011 in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. (2011).

List of publication during the year 2013 -RpG Journals 1. Satyabrata Mishra, C. Mallika, P. K. Das and U. KamachiMudali, and R. Natarajan “Development and characterization of porous silicon nitride tubes”, Transaction of Indian Ceramic Society, 72(1), (2013), 52-55. 2. P .Velavendan, S.Ganesh, N. K. Pandey, R. Geetha, M. K. Ahmed, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan “Studies on solubility of TBP in aqueous solutions of fuel reprocessing”, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 295 (2013), 1113-1117 3. S. Ganesh, P .Velavendan, N. K. Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “ Direct spectrophotometric determination of ruthenium in aqueous streams of nuclear reprocessing”, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 295 (2013) 2091-2094 4. Shekhar Kumar and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Experimental Measurements of Drop Size Distributions in 30 mm Diameter Annular Centrifugal Contactor with 30%TBP-Nitric Acid Biphasic System”, International Journal of Nuclear Energy, Volume 2013, doi: 10.1155/2013/402505 (2013). 5. Debasmita Dash, Shekhar Kumar, C. Mallika, and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Thermophysical, Volumetric, and Excess Properties of Aqueous Solutions of 1-Hexyl 3-Methyl Imidazolium Bromide at 298.15 K and 0.1 MPa”, ISRN Physical Chemistry, Volume 2013, doi: 10.1155/2013/475296 (2013). 6. N. Priyadarshini, M. Sampath, Shekhar Kumar and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Particle Size Variation and Prediction of Molecular Weight of Bi(III) Hydrolysed Polymer Using Light Scattering Techniques”, ISRN Inorganic Chemistry, Volume 2013, doi:10.1055/2013/194120 (2013) 7. Deepak D. Dicholkar, Pradipta Kumar, Parminder Heer Kaur, Vilas G. Gaikar, Shekhar Kumar and Rajamani Natarajan, “Synthesis of N, N, N', N'-Tetraoctyl-3-Oxapentane-1, 5-Diamide (TODGA) and its Steam Thermolysis-Nitrolysis as a Nuclear Waste Solvent Minimization Method”, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.52, 2457-2469, doi:10.1021/ie302603q (2013) 8. Shekhar Kumar and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Modeling of Pu(VI) Distribution Coefficients in 30%TBP Based Purex Process”, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 295, 1951-1955, doi: 10.1007/s10967-012-2171-6 (2013)

9. S. Balasubramonian, Ravikant Srivastav, Shekhar Kumar, D. Sivakumar, Pranay Kumar Sinha, M. Sampath and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Speciation of 30% Tri-n-Butyl Phosphate Solvent during Extraction of Nitric Acid”, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 295. 1703-1707, doi: 10.1007/s10967-012-1984-7 (2013) 10. N. Priyadarshini, M. Sampath, Shekhar Kumar, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan, “Light Scattering Studies to Determine Molecular Weight of Freshly Prepared Zr(IV) Hydrous Polymer”, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol.295, 1093-1096, doi: 10.1007/s10967-012-1951-3 (2013) 11. J. K. Gelatar, Bijendra Kumar, Shekhar Kumar, M. Sampath and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Dissolution of PHWR UO2 pellet in batch and rotary dissolver conditions”, International Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology (2013) In Press. 12. Bijendra Kumar, Ravi Kant Srivastav, Shekhar Kumar, M. Sampath, J.K. Gelatar and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Direct Dissolution and in-situ extraction of UO2 pellet fragments with TBP solvate in a Miniature Rotary Dissolver”, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (2013) In Press. 13. C.K. Shakya, Shekhar Kumar, M. Sampath, P.N. Tewari, M. Ramasomayajulu, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Crystallization Based Bulk Uranium Separation from Simulated Dissolver Solutions”, International Journal of Nuclear Energy (2013) In Press. 14. Debasmita Dash, Shekhar Kumar, C. Mallika, and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Density, Volumetric and Excess Properties of Binary Mixture of Poly (ethylene glycol) and Water at different temperatures - An Insight into structural interaction”, Indian Journal of Chemistry “A”, (2013) In press. 15. Shekhar Kumar, Pranay Kumar Sinha, U.Kamachi Mudali, “Thermophysical Properties of 1-Hexyl-3-Methylimidazolium Bromide in the Range of 283.15 K to 373.15 K at 0.1 MPa”, Physical Chemistry: An Indian Journal, Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2013 (2013) 16. Satyabrata Mishra, S. Ganesh, P. Velavendan, N.K. Pandey, C. Mallika, U.K. Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Thermodynamics of solubility of tri-n-butyl phosphate in nitric acid solutions”, Advanced Chemical Engineering Research, (Accepted). 17. Shekhar Kumar, Rajendra Singh Shekhawat, Abhishek Singh, M. Balamurugan, N. Priyadarshini, M. Sampath and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Characterization of Submicron Size Entrainment in the Aqueous Product Stream of a 40 mm Diameter Centrifugal Extractor for 30% TBP/Nitric Acid Biphasic System”, Online Published in International Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1504/IJNEST.2014.057903, 02 Dec 2013 (2013). 18. N. Priyadarshini, M. Sampath, Shekhar Kumar, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “A Combined Spectroscopic and Light Scattering Study of Hydrolysis of Uranium(VI) Leading to Colloid Formation in Aqueous Solutions”, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry,Vol. 298 (3), 1923-1931, DOI: 10.1007/s10967-013-2624-6 (2013)

19. B. Das, P. Mondal and Shekhar Kumar, “Evaluation of Fire and Explosion Hazards in typical nuclear recycling plants”, Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, Vol.20 (5), 10-16, September-October 2013 (2013) 20. R.Kumar, D Sivakumar, Shekhar Kumar and U. Kamchi Mudali, “Modeling of Hydrodynamics in a 25mm diameter Pulsed Disk and Doughnut Column”, ISRN Chemical Engineering, July 2013, DOI: 10.1155/2013/547489 (2013). 21. N.K. Pandey, P. Velavendan, U. Kamachi Mudali & R. Natarajan “Adsorption of di-butyl phosphate on activated alumina: Equilibrium and kinetics”, Journal of Desalination and Water Treatment, DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.839397 22. N.K. Pandey, R. Rajeev, C.V. Joyakin, P. Vishnu Anand, P. Velavendan, U. Kamachi Mudali & R. Natarajan, “Development of solvent regeneration process”, Journal of Desalination and Water Treatment, Doi: 10.1080/19443994.2013.830688 23. S. Subbuthai, A. Nageswara Rao, P Velavendan, N K Pandey, U Kamachi Mudali and R. V Subba Rao, “Study on Third Phase Behavior for the Nitric Acid - Tri-butyl Phosphate System using Conductivity Measuring Technique”, Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Sciences, 1 (2013), 207-213 24. N. Priyadarshini, M. Sampath, Shekhar Kumar, U. Kamachi Mudali, and R. Natarajan, “Probing Uranium(IV) Hydrolyzed Colloids and Polymers by Light Scattering”, In press, Journal of Nuclear Chemistry (2013) 25. Debasmita Dash, Shekhar Kumar, C. Mallika and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Temperature Dependency Studies on Volumetric Change and Structural Interaction in Aqueous Rare Earth Nitrate Solutions”, In Press, Journal of Solution Chemistry (2013) 26. Debasmita Dash, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali and Shekhar Kumar, “Density, Viscosity, Refractive Index, Volumetric, and Excess Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Polyethylene Glycols at 298.15K and 0.1 MPa”, In Press, International Journal of Thermophysics (2013) 27. D. Sivakumar, M. Sampath, U. Kamachi Mudali and Shekhar Kumar, “Refractive Index and Excess Refractive Index of Aqueous Solutions of Tri-n-Butyl Phosphate at 298.15 K”, In Press, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (2013) 28. J.B. Joshi, T. Tamhane, J. Patra, M. Balamurugan, N.K. Pandey, Shekhar Kumar, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan and R. Patil, “Design of Liquid- Liquid Settlers: Capacity and Solvent Characterization Using Dimensionless Dispersion Number”, In Press, Industrial And Engineering Chemistry Research (2013) 29. S. Balasubramonian, Shekhar Kumar, D. Sivakumar and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Application of COSMO-RS Method for the Prediction of Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium of

Water/n-Dodecane/1-Butanol”, Accepted for Publication in ISRN Thermodynamics (2013) 30. Nirav P Bhatt, Desigan N, Madhuri A Shetty, Jyeshtharaj B Joshi, “Dissolution of Nuclear Materials in Aqueous Acid Solutions: A Review and Proposals for Future Developments”, manuscript submitted to Industrial And Engineering Chemistry Research. 31. Reuben Daniel JW, RN Verma, MS Gopikrishna, Geo Mathews and R Natarajan. ‘Installation Aspects of an Ultrasonic Liquid Level Transmitter’. Journal of the Instrument Society of India . P 119-120, Vol. 43, No. 2, June 2013. 32. JW Reuben Daniel, RV Satheesh Kumar, Raghunath Rajan, Geo Mathews and R Natarajan. ‘Study of Calibration of Smart DP Transmitter with Trimming’. Journal of the Instrument Society of India . P 119-120, Vol. 42, No. 4, Dec 2012. 33. JW Reuben Daniel, Raghunath Rajan, Geo Mathews, RV Satheesh Kumar and R Natarajan. ‘Effect of limited overpressure on low range Differential Pressure transmitters'. Journal of the Instrument Society of India . Vol. 43, No. 4, Dec 2013 34. Amit Kumar Dash, Swatilekha Bhattacherjee, MS Gopikrishna, Geo Mathews and A Ravishankar. ‘Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) based Controller and User Interfaces for Machine Control In Nuclear Environment’. Journal of the Instrument Society of India. P 1-6, Vol. 43, No. 1, March 2013 35. S. Sukumar and R. Srinivasan, “A comparative study on the performance of uranous nitrate and acetohydroxamic acid and the distribution of ruthenium and cesium during partitioning of plutonium from uranium”, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. (Under review). 36. Amit Kumar Dash, P Vijayasekaran, Geo Mathews and J Jayapandian. ‘Development of 1024 Channel Multichannel Analyser for Alpha Radiation Spectrometry’. Journal of the Instrument Society of India. P 76-78, Vol. 43, No. 2, June 2013. 37. J Jayapandian, G Gunasekaran, Sunil Patil, Sandeep PC and OK Sheela. ‘Charge Sensitive Pre-amplifier for Hyper Pure Germanium (HPGe) Detectors’. Journal of the Instrument Society of India. P 138-141, Vol. 43, No. 2, June 2013. 38. P.Sivakumar, S.Meenakshi P.Govindan and R.V.Subba Rao, “ Spectrophotometric determination of hydroxyurea and stability in nitric acid medium”, International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Engineering Volume 3 Issue 2, June 2013. 39. P.Sivakumar, S.Meenakshi and P.Govindan, “ Evaluation of hydroxyurea as a partitioning agent in fast reactor fuel reprocessing plant – Batch counter current extraction studies”, International Journal of Chemical Sciences and Applications Vol 4, Issue 4, 2013, pp 146-151

40. S. Sukumar, Pradeep Kumar Sharma, P.Govindan and R.V.SubbaRao,“ Purification of Uranium product from plutonium contamination using acetohydroxamic acid”, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. (2013), 295: 191-196.

41. P.Govindan, A. Palamalai, T. Vasudevan, K.S. Vijayan, R.V. Subba Rao, M. Venkataraman and R. Natarajan, “ Ammonium uranyl carbonate (AUC) based process of simultaneous partitioning and reconversion for uranium and plutonium in fast breeder reactors (FBRs) fuel reprocessing, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. (2013), 295: 307-313

42. P.Govindan, K.S. Vijayan, G. Santhosh Kumar, V. Vijayakumar, M. Venkataraman and R. Natarajan,”Recovery and Purification of plutonium in lean product stream obtained during reprocessing of Fast Reactor spent fuel, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. (2013), 295: 77-82

International/National Conference Proceedings/ Presentations 1. S Subbuthai, P Velavendan, A Nageswara Rao, N K Pandey, U Kamachi Mudali, and R V Subba Rao, “A study on the role of water and nitric acid present in tri-n-butyl phosphate in normal paraffin hydrocarbon on the measurement of the conductivity of organic phase”, Abstracts of the National Conference on “New Vistas and Challenges in Chemistry, 132 to 136, Jan 23 to 25, Chennai (2013) 2. D. Sivakumar, M.Sampath, U. Kamachi Mudali and Shekhar Kumar, “Refractive index and Excess Refractive index of Aqueous Solutions of Tri-n-Butyl Phosphate at 298.15 K”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p179-180. 3. N. Priyadarshini, M.Sampath, U. Kamachi Mudali and Shekhar Kumar, “Hydrolysis of Bi(III): Light Scattering Studies”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p185-186. 4. A.Chinnusamy, P.Velavendan, S.Ganesh, N.K.Pandey, U.Kamachi Mudali and R.Natarajan, “Analysis of uranium in dissolver solution of fast reactor carbide fuel reprocessing”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p 201-202 5. H.Seshadri, Krishnan Kumar, P.Velavendan, S.Ganesh, P.K.Sinha and V.Balasubramaniyan, “Degradation of dibutyl phosphate in aqueous streams by photo catalytic route under ambient conditions”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p 209-210.

6. Satyabrata Mishra, S. Ganesh, P. Velavendan, N.K. Pandey, C. Mallika, U. KamachiMudali and R. Natarajan, “Effect of Temperature, Acidity and Metal Ions on the Solubility of TBP in aqueous phase”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p 215-216. 7. Shekhar Kumar, M.Sampath, C.K. Shakya, P.N. Tewari, M. Ramasomayajulu and U. Kamachi Mudali, “New Experimental Data on Freezing point of Aqueous Nitric solutions of Uranyl Nitrate Hexahydrate”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p267-268. 8. Shekhar Kumar, M.Sampath, C.K. Shakya, P.N. Tewari, M. Ramasomayajulu and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Bulk Recovery of Simulated Dissolver Solution by Batch Crystallization of Aqueous Nitric Solutions of Uranyl Nitrate Hexahydrate”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p289-290. 9. Bijendra Kumar, Shekhar Kumar, D. Sivakumar and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Speciation Studies of Third Phase in the Nitric Acid-30%TBP/n-Dodecane System”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p301-302 10. P.K. Sinha, Shekhar Kumar, M. Sampth and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Thermal Decomposition of Pure and Nitrated DNPPA Under Adiabatic Conditions”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p301-302. 11. S Subbuthai, P. Sahoo, N K Pandey, U Kamachi Mudali, A Negeswara Rao and R. V. Subba Rao, “Determination of critical micelle concentration in the organic phase during extraction of nitric acid By Tri n-Butyl Phosphate)”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p 303-304. 12. N.Desigan, P.Velavendan, S.Ganesh, N.K.Pandey, U.Kamachi Mudali and R.Natarajan, “Simulation studies for Gadolinium distribution in TBP-HNO3 system”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p 345-346. 13. A.Chinnusamy, P.Velavendan, S.Ganesh, N.K.Pandey and U.Kamachi Mudali, “Acid killing studies in simulated raffinate stream of nuclear fuel reprocessing by electrolytic method”, Proc. fifth ISEAC Trienniel International Conference on Advances and Recent trends in Electrochemistry, Jan. 16-20, 2013, Hyderabad, p 376-377. 14. P.Velavendan, N.Desigan, S.Ganesh, N.K.Pandey, U.Kamachi Mudali and R.Natarajan, “Ion chromatographic determination of gadolinium in simulated FBR reprocessing stream by non-suppressed conductivity detection”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p 457-458.

15. S .Subbuthai, P.Velavendan, N. K. Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali, A. Negeswara Rao and R. V. Subba Rao, “Development of Analytical Method for the Determination of Uranium in Presence of Plutonium by Complexometric Titration”, Proc. 11th Biennial DAE-BRNS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium, Feb.19-23, 2013, Jabalpur India, p 513-514. 16. Falix Lawrence, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan and Chitaranjan Das, “Irradiation of industrial grade PVDF coating”, Oral Presentation in the International Conference on ‘Advanced Polymeric Materials 2013 (ICAPM 2013)’, Mahatma Gandhi Univ., Kottayam, Kerala, Oct. 11 – 13 (2013). 17. Falix Lawrence, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Development of elastomer compound based on polyurethane”, ibid. 18. S.Balasubramonian, D.Sivakumar, Shekhar Kumar and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Modeling Of Speciation in Aqueous Solution Of Nitric Acid Using e-NRTL Model”, Proc. IIChE Annual Meeting (Chemcon-2013), 27-30 Dec 2013 at Mumbai, India (2013) 19. Abhishek Singh, Shekhar Kumar, M. Balamurugan and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Residence time distribution analysis of a Taylor couette contactor and computational fluid dynamic analysis by OpenFoam”, Proc. IIChE Annual Meeting (Chemcon-2013), 27-30 Dec 2013 at Mumbai, India (2013) 20. M. Balamurugan, Shekhar Kumar and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Effects of Operating Parameters on Mass Transfer Performance of a Static-Mixer Based Pulsed Column”, Proc. IIChE Annual Meeting (Chemcon-2013), 27-30 Dec 2013 at Mumbai, India (2013) 21. M. Balamurugan, Shekhar Kumar and U. Kamachi Mudali, “CFD Based Flow Visualization in Static Mixer”, Proc. IIChE Annual Meeting (Chemcon-2013), 27-30 Dec 2013 at Mumbai, India (2013) 22. P.K. Sinha, Shekhar Kumar, M. Sampath and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Thermal Decomposition and Pressurization Studies of Pure and Nitrated DMDBTDMA under Adiabatic Conditions”, Proc. DAE-BRNS Ninteenth Symposum on Thermal Analysis (THERMANS-2013), 19-21 Dec 2013 at Mumbai, India (2013). 23. N. Priyadarshini, M. Sampath, Shekhar Kumar and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Light Scattering Studies for Estimation of Hydration Number of Sr(II) and Al(III) ions in Dilute Aqueous Solutions of Nitric Acid”, Fifth Symposium on Nuclear Analytical Chemistry(NAC-V), January 20-24, 2014 at Mumbai (2014). 24. S.Balasubramonian, D.Sivakumar, Shekhar Kumar and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Mass transfer studies in miniature Rotating Disc contactor (RDC) with 30% TBP/Nitric acid biphasic system”, Communicated to DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2014), February 25-28, 2014 at Mumbai (2014)

25. R.K. Srivatsav, S.Balasubramonian, D.Sivakumar, M,Sampath, Shekhar Kumar and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Speciation in 36% TiAP solution during extraction of Nitric acid”, Communicated to DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2014), February 25-28, 2014 at Mumbai (2014) 26. N. Priyadarshini, M. Sampath, Shekhar Kumar, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Hydrolysis of U(IV) – Light Scattering Studies”, Communicated to DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2014), February 25-28, 2014 at Mumbai (2014) 27. Pranay Kumar Sinha, Shekhar Kumar, M. Sampath and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Thermodynamics of Decomposition of Pure and nitrated TALSPEAK solvent under Adiabatic Conditions”, Communicated to DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2014), February 25-28, 2014 at Mumbai (2014) 28. Bijendra Kumar, Shekhar Kumar, D. Sivakumar, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Thermal Decomposition Studies of TBP, Diluted with Alternate Diluent (Direct Distilled Fraction)”, Communicated to DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2014), February 25-28, 2014 at Mumbai (2014) 29. Shekhar Kumar, U.Kamachi Mudali and R.Natarajan, “Process intensification through novel extractors”, Invited Talk, Communicated to DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2014), February 25-28, 2014 at Mumbai (2014). 30. S. Ganesh, P.Velavendan, N.K. Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “ Spectrophotometric determination of zirconium with chrome azurol s in aqueous streams of nuclear fuel reprocessing”, Fifth Symposium on Nuclear Analytical Chemistry (NAC-V), January 20-24, 2014 at Mumbai (2014). 31. S. Ganesh, P.Velavendan, N.K. Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “On-site monitoring of uranium in low level liquid waste streams using U-Br-PADAP strip indicator paper technique”, Fifth Symposium on Nuclear Analytical Chemistry (NAC-V), January 20-24, 2014 at Mumbai (2014). 32. S. Ganesh, P.Velavendan, N.K. Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Determination of free acidity in nuclear fuel reprocessing streams by fiber optic aided Spectrophotometric technique”, Fifth Symposium on Nuclear Analytical Chemistry (NAC-V), January 20-24, 2014 at Mumbai (2014). 33. M Suba, P Velavendan, N K Pandey, U Kamachi Mudali and R.Natarajan, “Optimization of Ion Chromatographic method for the Determination of Cerium in the Reprocessing of Fast Reactor Fuel Streams”, Accepted in DAE-BRNS Biennial

Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2014), February 25-28, 2014 at Mumbai (2014) 34. P.Velavendan, S.Ganesh, N.Desigan, N.K.Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan “Laboratory Studies on the Removal of Dissolved TBP from Aqueous Streams of PUREX process by n-Dodecane wash”, Accepted in DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2014), February 25-28, 2014 at Mumbai (2014) 35. P.Velavendan, S.Ganesh, N.K.Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Determination of Lauric acid in Degraded Solvent by Ion pair Chromatographic Method:, Accepted in DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2014), February 25-28, 2014 at Mumbai (2014) 36. R.Rajeev, P.Vishnu Anand, C.V Joyakin, P.Velavendan, U.Kamachi Mudali and R.Natarajan “Regeneration of PUREX solvent by thin film evaporation”, Proc. IIChE Annual Meeting (Chemcon-2013), Dec 27-30, 2013 at Mumbai, India (2013) 37. Subhrojit Bagchi, M.M. Shanthi and N. Desigan, “Shielding & criticality analysis for special nuclear material (SNM) vault in fuel reprocessing plant (FRP) of fast reactor fuel cycle facility (FRFCF)”, Advance in Reactor Physics: Simulation Techniques and Analysis Methodologies (ARP 2013), October 23-25, 2013 at Mumbai, India (2013) 38. Satyabrata Mishra, S. Joshi, C. Mallika, N.K. Pandey, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Physiochemical properties and metal retention behaviour of thermally degraded TBP-DD-HNO3 and TBP-NPH-HNO3 systems”, Proc. IIChE Annual Meeting (Chemcon-2013), Dec 27-30, 2013 at Mumbai, India (2013). 39. R. Trikha, S. Annapoorani, R. Srinivasan, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali and R. Natarajan, “Separation of ruthenium from nitric acid solutions by volatilization method”, ibid. 40. Sanat Karmakar, Falix Lawrence, C. Mallika and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Thermal study on the radiation degradation of PTFE-lead composites”, Proc. Nineteenth Symp. and Workshop on ‘Thermal analysis (THERMANS–2013)’, Dec 19-23, 2013, Mumbai, (2013). 41.Sanatana Maharana, G.Surendar Kumar, T.Selvaraj, B.M.Ananda Rao and A.Ravisankar "Design and Analysis of Jacketed Cylindrical and Annular Process Vessels" is presented at International Conference and Exhibition on Pressure Vessels and Piping (OPE 2013), Mammalapuram. 42. Sanatana Maharana, G.Surendar Kumar, P.Achuthan, S.K.Gupta, E.Balu, T.Selvaraj, B.M.Ananda Rao and A.Ravisankar, "Design, Analysis and Manufacturing aspects of a

Typical Stainless Steel Containment Box" is presented at International Conference and Exhibition on Pressure Vessels and Piping (OPE 2013), Mammalapuram 43. RV Satheesh Kumar, JW Reuben Daniel, Raghunath Rajan, Geo Mathews and R Natarajan, 'PLC web server module as a diverse redundant system to Reprocessing Plant SCADA'. CISCON-2013 (organized by CSIR- Central Scientific Instruments Organization) , Manipal University. 44. D.C.Thomson, S.Easwari, P.Dhanalakshmi and N.T.Bineesh. Exhibit: ‘Development of Viewing System for Hot Cells with High Radiation and Acid Vapor Ambience.’ National Technology Day - Trilingual Seminar by IGCAR at SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. 45. Uma B, Senthil Kumar and G Alagesan. ‘Evaluation of Installed Purge Based Level and Density Transmitters in Reprocessing Plants and Innovative Method for Clearing Purge Probe Choke.’ National Technology Day - Trilingual Seminar by IGCAR at SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. 46. Pushpa SelvaKumar, Pradip Paul, Senthil Kumar S, Sethulakshmi PG, Uma B and G Alagesan Exhibit: ‘Liquid Level Measurement in a Reprocessing Plant by Air Purge Method.’ National Technology Day - Trilingual Seminar by IGCAR at SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. 47. Jayakumar CU and Manickam S. Exhibit: ‘Control and Diagnostics of Centrifugal Extractors using Variable Frequency Motor Drives.’ National Technology Day - Trilingual Seminar by IGCAR at SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. 48. Dinesh Kumar Verma, Pradip Paul and Pushpa Selvakumar. Exhibit: ‘Temperature Measurement using Thermocouple and its Evaluation using RTD and Dry-well Temperature Source.’ National Technology Day - Trilingual Seminar by IGCAR at SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. 49. D.C.Thomson, S.Easwari, P.Dhanalakshmi and N.T.Bineesh. Exhibit: ‘Development of Viewing System for Hot Cells with high Radiation and Acid vapor Ambience.’ National Technology Day - Trilingual Seminar by IGCAR at SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. 50. N.T.Bineesh, D.C.Thomson, S.Easwari, P.Dhanalakshmi and S.Prakash. Exhibit: ‘Radiation Survey Monitors in Reprocessing Plants.’ National Technology Day - Trilingual Seminar by IGCAR at SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. 51. G Alagesan and Senthil Kumar, ‘Challenges of Maintenance of Metering Pumps in Glove Boxes.’ National Technology Day - Trilingual Seminar by IGCAR at SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram.

52. R.Anbarasan, Sandeep, Poongodi, V.Anandanarayanan, ‘Boron Coated Counter- Pu detection during Liquid Transfer in Tanks.’ National Technology Day - Trilingual Seminar by IGCAR at SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. 53. Pradip Paul, Pushpa Selvakumar, Dinesh Kumar Verma. ‘Determination of Over-pressure Effect on low range DP Transmitters due to Choking of Purge Probes in Reprocessing Plants.’ National Technology Day - Trilingual Seminar by IGCAR at SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. 55. Vinoth Kumar M, N Yuvaraj, D Karthikeyan. ‘Dual Phosphor based Radiation Detectors and Evaluation of its Counting Systems.’ National Technology Day - Trilingual Seminar by IGCAR at SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. 56. Sethulakshmi PG, Uma B, G Alagesan. ‘Development of Innovative Vacuum Source for Qualification of Ventilation Pressure Gauges.’ National Technology Day - Trilingual Seminar by IGCAR at SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. 57. B.M.Ananda Rao, A.Ravisankar, P.V.Kumar and R.Natarajan “Integrated Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle Facility “presented at “Technical meeting on Advanced actinide Recycle Technologies” during 18-20 Nov 2013 held at IAEA, Vienna 58. Swatilekha Bhattacherjee, MS Gopikrishna, Geo Mathews, V Vijayakumar, N Murali. ‘Case Study of Upgradation and Expansion of Legacy System for Plant Data Acquisition’. National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-38). 24-26 Oct, 2013, Hubli. 59. Sethulakshmi PG, Swatilekha Bhattacherjee, MS Gopikrishna, Geo Mathews. ‘Development of Innovative Vacuum Source for Qualification of Ventilation Pressure Gauges’. National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-38). 24-26 Oct, 2013, Hubli. 60. Swatilekha Bhattacherjee, MS Gopikrishna, Felix Lawrence, Geo Mathews, V Vijayakumar, A Ravisankar, C Mallika, U Kamachi Mudali. ‘Study of Materials and Methods for Minimizing Fire Hazard of Cabling Installed in Plants’. National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-38). 24-26 Oct, 2013, Hubli. 61. Avik Kumar Saha, P.G.Sethulakshmi, B.Uma, S Senthil Kumar, M.S.Gopikrishna, Geo Mathews, V.Vijayakumar. ‘Experience of Operation and Maintenance of Thermocouple in Radioactive and Nitric Acid Environment’. National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-38). 24-26 Oct, 2013, Hubli. 62. Avik Kumar Saha, and S.Sridhar. ‘Anomaly Detection, Identification and Rectification in In-core Temperature Measurement in Fast Breeder Test Reactor using On-line Monitoring’. National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-38). 24-26 Oct, 2013, Hubli. 63. Reuben Daniel JW, Raghunath Rajan, Satheesh Kumar RV, Geo Mathews, R Natarajan. ‘Effect of Limited Overpressure on Low Range Differential Pressure

Transmitters’. National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-38). 24-26 Oct, 2013, Hubli. 64. M. Swapna, Satheesh Kumar R.V, Padi Srinivas Reddy, Sandheep P.C, M.S Gopikrishna, P. Vijayasekaran, Reuben Daniel, Geo Mathews. ‘Integration of Radiation Monitors through Ethernet Communication with Recorder and SCADA’. Control Instrumentation System Conference (CISCON-2013). 20-21 December 2013, Manipal University. 65. RV Satheesh Kumar, Reuben Daniel, Geo Mathews. ‘PLC web server module as a diverse redundant system to Reprocessing Plant SCADA’. Control Instrumentation System Conference (CISCON-2013). 20-21 December 2013, Manipal University. 66. Srinivas Padi Reddy, Amudhu Ramesh Kumar, Geo Mathews, A Ravishankar. ‘Experience of In-Cell Visual Inspection System using CCD Camera in Hot Cell of Reprocessing Plant’. National Symposium on Nuclear Instrumentation (NSNI-2013). 20-22 December 2103, BARC. 67. V.Anandanarayanan, Poongodi, Akilesh K. Nair, Saptarshi Chatterjee, K. Stanley “Neutron Drum Monitoring for the assay of solid waste”, Paper Orally presented in National Technology Day celebrations on 11th May 2013 held at SRI guest house Anupuram

68. Akilesh k. Nair, Saptarshi Chatterjee, K. Stanley, R. Mouli, K.G. Ramesh Babu, K. Paramasivam, Sureh Babu, Kuppusamy and Selvi, “Assay of solid wastes for fission products by segmented gamma scanning”, Paper Orally presented in National Technology Day celebrations on 11th May 2013 held at SRI guest house Anupuram 69. R.Anbarasan, Sandeep, Poongodi and V.Anandanarayanan, “Boron Coated Counter- Pu detection during liquid Transfer in tanks”, Poster presented in National Technology Day celebrations on 11th May 2013 held at SRI guest house Anupuram 70. Santaram Jandhyala, D Jayanthi ,Rajendra Nanhe and Aahsish Ladhea, ” Treatment of Solvent from Fast Reactor Fuel reprocessing”, Poster presented in National Technology Day celebrations on 11th May 2013 held at SRI guest house Anupuram

71. Santaram Jandhyala, D Jayanthi, Rajendra Nanhe and Aahsish Ladhea, “ Processing of Oxalate/ hydroxide filtrate waste generated in reconversion operations in CORAL”, Poster presented in National Technology Day celebrations on 11th May 2013 held at SRI guest house Anupuram 72., T Aneesh, K Stanley, R Karthik, Sourabh Suman, K Rajkumar, N. Sreenivasan, Anusree Thilakan and Suresh Barodo, “ Ion exchange purification of Plutonium prior to reconversion operation in fast reactor fuel reprocessing”, Poster presented in National Technology Day celebrations on 11th May 2013 held at SRI guest house Anupuram

Report 1. An article titled "Electrolytic Dissolver for Reprocessing of FBTR fuel in DFRP" was submitted for DAE Annual Report – 2013