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

Stanislav Yu Melchakov; Dmitry S. Maltsev; Vladimir A. Volkovich; Leonid F. Yamshchikov; Dmitry G. Lisienko; Aleksandr G. Osipenko; Mikhail A. Rusakov

doi:10.1515/nuka-2015-0116

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

Stanislav Yu Melchakov, Dmitry S. Maltsev, Vladimir A. Volkovich, Leonid F. Yamshchikov, Dmitry G. Lisienko, Aleksandr G. Osipenko, Mikhail A. Rusakov

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	915-920
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nukleonika
Volume	60
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0116
State	Published - 2015

Keywords

Gallium
Neodymium
Pyrochemical reprocessing
Reductive extraction
Separation factor
Uranium

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