Editing Nuclear reprocessing (section)

=====TRUEX=====
Adding a second extraction agent, octyl(phenyl)-N, N-dibutyl carbamoylmethyl phosphine oxide (CMPO) in combination with tributylphosphate, (TBP), the PUREX process can be turned into the '''TRUEX''' ('''TR'''ans'''U'''ranic '''EX'''traction) process. TRUEX was invented in the US by [[Argonne National Laboratory]] and is designed to remove the transuranic metals (Am/Cm) from waste. The idea is that by lowering the [[Alpha decay#Toxicity|alpha activity]] of the waste, the majority of the waste can then be disposed of with greater ease. In common with PUREX this process operates by a [[solvation]] mechanism.