Use of a 1-propyl-4-dialkyl benzene compound as an inhibitor of the formation of free radicals

摘要

A process for the reprocessing of nuclear fuels uses a solvent-diluent system for extracting the uranium and/or plutonium, in which the diluent is a 1-isopropyl-4-dialkyl methyl benzene compound of formula (I): in which R 1 is an alkyl group of formula C n H 2n+1 , R 2 is an alkyl group of formula C m H 2m+1 and m and n are integers such that 3 * less than or equal to * m+n * less than or equal to * 13. The invention also relates to a process for reprocessing nuclear fuels using a solvent-diluent system for extracting uranium and/or plutonium and to a process for preventing the degradation by radiolysis of a liquid or gaseous medium using a compound (I).