Published 2016 | Version v1
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Electrochemical studies of Pu3+/Pu in LICl-KCl melt

Creators

  • 1. Fuel Chemistry Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam (India)

Description

Pyrochemical reprocessing is ideally suited for reprocessing of spent metallic fuels. Molten salt electrorefining is the key step in this process. The separation by electrochemical means is based on the thermodynamic stabilities of the chlorides of actinides and the fission products. The electrochemical behaviour of plutonium in LiCl-KCl eutectic is studied in the present work and compared with the literature data. The electrochemical behavior of Pu+3 was studied in the temperature range 748 - 823 K in LiCl-KCl using transient electrochemical techniques, namely, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronopotentiometry (CP). The temperature dependence of the diffusion coefficient of Pu3+ in LiCl-KCl eutectic and the activation energy were determined in the present work

Part of:
Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS theme meeting commemorating seventy five years of the discovery of Plutonium 239

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
Imprint Place
Kalpakkam (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS theme meeting commemorating seventy five years of the discovery of Plutonium 239
Imprint Pagination
230 p.
Journal Page Range
2 p.

Conference

Title
DAE-BRNS theme meeting commemorating seventy five years of the discovery of Plutonium 239
Acronym
Plutonium 75
Dates
23-25 May 2016
Place
Kalpakkam (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
48005178
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ELECTROREFINING; FISSION PRODUCTS; PLUTONIUM; PYROCHEMICAL REPROCESSING; SPENT FUELS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; ISOTOPES; LYSIS; MATERIALS; METALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REFINING; REPROCESSING; SEPARATION PROCESSES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS

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Notes
4 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.