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Bourges, G.; Lambertin, D.; Baudrot, C.; Pescayre, L.; Thiebaut, C.
CEA - Centre d'Etudes de Valduc, 21120 Is sur Tille (France)2004
CEA - Centre d'Etudes de Valduc, 21120 Is sur Tille (France)2004
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[en] The pyrochemical purification of plutonium has generated spent salts, which are disposed in nuclear facility. To reduce stored quantities, the development of a pyrochemical treatment is in progress. The feed salt, typically composed of various Pu and Am species spread into monovalent or divalent chloride matrix, is first oxidized to convert the actinides into oxides. Then the chlorides are separated from the actinide oxides by vacuum distillation. Temperatures higher than 750 deg C for mono-chloride salts mixture NaCl/KCl and higher than 1100 deg C for divalent CaCl2 base salts, are required to produce an industrial flow of vaporization. Inactive qualification of the process for NaCl/KCl base salt has been carried with lanthanide surrogates. Then, a pilot equipment, called Distillator has been designed and built for production-scale distillation of NaCl/KCl and CaCl2 oxidized plutonium salts. Industrial flows of vaporization have been obtained with this pilot equipment: about 4 g/cm2/h for NaCl/KCl at 800 - 900 deg C and 1 Pa, and more than 1.5 g/cm2/h for CaCl2 base salts between 1000 - 1200 deg C at 0.1 Pa. The last step will be the integration of the Distillator into a glove box. (authors)
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2004; 3 p; 2. ATALANTE 2004 conference: Advances for future nuclear fuel cycles; Nimes (France); 21-24 Jun 2004; 2 refs., 6 figs., 1 tab.
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ACTINIDES, ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS, ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS, CALCIUM COMPOUNDS, CALCIUM HALIDES, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, CHLORIDES, CHLORINE COMPOUNDS, DISTILLATION, ELEMENTS, ENERGY SOURCES, FUELS, HALIDES, HALOGEN COMPOUNDS, MATERIALS, METALS, NUCLEAR FUELS, PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS, POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS, REACTOR MATERIALS, REPROCESSING, SEPARATION PROCESSES, SODIUM COMPOUNDS, TEMPERATURE RANGE, TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS, TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
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