Uranium and neodymium partitioning in alkali chloride melts using low-melting gallium-based alloys

Autor: Melchakov Stanislav Yu., Maltsev Dmitry S., Volkovich Vladimir A., Yamshchikov Leonid F., Lisienko Dmitry G., Osipenko Aleksandr G., Rusakov Mikhail A.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Nukleonika, Vol 60, Iss 4, Pp 915-920 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0029-5922
DOI: 10.1515/nuka-2015-0116
Popis: Partitioning of uranium and neodymium was studied in a ‘molten chloride salt - liquid Ga-X (X = In or Sn) alloy’ system. Chloride melts were based on the low-melting ternary LiCl-KCl-CsCl eutectic. Nd/U separation factors were calculated from the thermodynamic data as well as determined experimentally. Separation of uranium and neodymium was studied using reductive extraction with neodymium acting as a reducing agent. Efficient partitioning of lanthanides (Nd) and actinides (U), simulating fission products and fissile materials in irradiated nuclear fuels, was achieved in a single stage process. The experimentally observed Nd/U separation factor valued up to 106, depending on the conditions.
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