A method for treating electrolyte to remove Li{sub 2}O
Patent Application
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OSTI ID:589189
Electrorefining has been used in processes for recovering uranium and plutonium metals from spent nuclear fuel. The electrorefining is performed in an electrochemical cell in which the chopped fuel elements from the reactor forms the anode, the electrolyte, preferably, is the fused eutectic salt of the LiCl-KCl which contain UCl{sub 3} and PuCl{sub 3}. Purified metal collected at the cathode collects at the bottom of the cell. This invention provides a method for removing lithium oxide from the electrolyte salt, with the end formation of a solid lithium-aluminium alloy.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- Assignee:
- ANL; SCA: 050800; PA: EDB-98:037344; SN: 98001922728
- Patent Number(s):
- PATENTS-US-A8594974
- Application Number:
- ON: DE98004303; PAN: 8-594,974; TRN: 98:001755
- OSTI ID:
- 589189
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: [1998]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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