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Title: The application of electrorefining for recovery and purification of fuel discharged from the Integral Fast Reactor

Abstract

An electrorefining process employing a molten salt electrolyte and a molten cadmium anode is proposed for the separation of uranium and plutonium from fission products and cladding material in discharged IFR driver fuel. The use of a liquid cadmium anode, which is the unique feature of the process, permits selective dissolution of the fuel from the cladding and prevents electrolytic corrosion of the steel container and contamination of the product by noble metal fission products.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6840765
Report Number(s):
CONF-861146-14
ON: DE87004746
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: AIChE winter annual meeting, Miami, FL, USA, 2 Nov 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; PLUTONIUM; ELECTROREFINING; SPENT FUELS; REPROCESSING; URANIUM; FISSION PRODUCTS; IFR REACTOR; ACTINIDES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FUELS; ISOTOPES; LYSIS; MATERIALS; METALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; REFINING; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; ZERO POWER REACTORS; 050800* - Nuclear Fuels- Spent Fuels Reprocessing

Citation Formats

Burris, L, Steunenberg, R K, and Miller, W E. The application of electrorefining for recovery and purification of fuel discharged from the Integral Fast Reactor. United States: N. p., 1986. Web.
Burris, L, Steunenberg, R K, & Miller, W E. The application of electrorefining for recovery and purification of fuel discharged from the Integral Fast Reactor. United States.
Burris, L, Steunenberg, R K, and Miller, W E. 1986. "The application of electrorefining for recovery and purification of fuel discharged from the Integral Fast Reactor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6840765.
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abstractNote = {An electrorefining process employing a molten salt electrolyte and a molten cadmium anode is proposed for the separation of uranium and plutonium from fission products and cladding material in discharged IFR driver fuel. The use of a liquid cadmium anode, which is the unique feature of the process, permits selective dissolution of the fuel from the cladding and prevents electrolytic corrosion of the steel container and contamination of the product by noble metal fission products.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986}
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