ch. 1. Overview of solvent extraction chemistry for reprocessing / Shoichi Tachimori and Yasuji Morita -- ch. 2. New developments in thorium, uranium, and plutonium extraction / Vijay K. Manchanda, P.N. Pathak, and P.K. Mohapatra -- ch. 3. Overview of recent advances in An(III)/Ln(III) separation by solvent extraction / Clement Hill -- ch. 4. Extraction of radioactive elements by Calixarenes / Jean Francois Dozol and Rainer Ludwig -- ch. 5. Quantitative structure-property relationships in solvent extraction and complexation of metals / Alexandre Varnek and Vitaly Solov'ev -- ch. 6. Simultaneous removal of radionuclides by extractant mixtures / Vasily A. Babain -- ch. 7. Third-phase formation in liquid/liquid extraction : a colloidal approach / Fabienne Testard. [et al.] -- ch. 8. Radiolysis of solvents used in nuclear fuel reprocessing / Laurence Berthon and Marie-Christine Charbonnel -- ch. 9. Automation of extraction chromatographic and ion exchange separations for radiochemical analysis and monitoring / Jay W. Grate, Matthew J. O'Hara, and Oleg B. Egorov -- ch. 10. Design principles and applications of centrifugal contactors for solvent extraction / Ralph A. Leonard -- ch. 11 Neoteric solvents as the basis of alternative approaches to the separation of actinides and fission products / Mark L. Dietz.