Editing Nuclear reprocessing (section)

=====DIAMEX=====
As an alternative to TRUEX, an extraction process using a malondiamide has been devised. The DIAMEX ('''DIAM'''ide '''EX'''traction) process has the advantage of avoiding the formation of organic waste which contains elements other than [[carbon]], [[hydrogen]], [[nitrogen]], and [[oxygen]]. Such an organic waste can be burned without the formation of acidic gases which could contribute to [[acid rain]] (although the acidic gases could be recovered by a scrubber). The DIAMEX process is being worked on in Europe by the French [[Commissariat à l'énergie atomique|CEA]]. The process is sufficiently mature that an industrial plant could be constructed with the existing knowledge of the process.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nuclear Energy: Fuel of the Future? |url=http://blogs.princeton.edu/chm333/f2006/nuclear/05_reprocessing/possible_methods_of_reprocessing/ |publisher=Princeton University |access-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001033741/http://blogs.princeton.edu/chm333/f2006/nuclear/05_reprocessing/possible_methods_of_reprocessing/ |archive-date=1 October 2012 }}</ref> In common with PUREX this process operates by a solvation mechanism.