Recovery of actinides from actinide–aluminium alloys by chlorination: Part I

• Published in: Journal of nuclear materials Vol. 414; no. 1; pp. 12 - 18
• Main Authors: Cassayre, L., Souček, P., Mendes, E., Malmbeck, R., Nourry, C., Eloirdi, R., Glatz, J.-P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.07.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Actinides; Alloys; Aluminum; Anodic dissolution; Applied sciences; Chlorination; Controled nuclear fusion plants; Dissolution; Electrodes; Energy; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Exact sciences and technology; Fission nuclear power plants; Fuels; Installations for energy generation and conversion: thermal and electrical energy; Nuclear Experiment; Nuclear fuels; Physics; Preparation and processing of nuclear fuels; Recovery; Distillation; Actinide; Thermodynamics; Cathode; Sublimation; Aluminium; Nuclear fuel; High temperature; Irradiated nuclear fuel; Nuclear reactor; Molten salt; Chlorination; Actinides

Pyrochemical processes in molten LiCl–KCl are being developed in ITU for recovery of actinides from spent nuclear fuel. The fuel is anodically dissolved to the molten salt electrolyte and actinides are electrochemically reduced on solid aluminium cathodes forming solid actinide–aluminium alloys. A c...