Pyrometallurgical partitioning of uranium and transuranic elements from rare earth elements by electrorefining and reductive extraction

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 36-44

  Uozumi, Koichi ^a   Kinoshita, Kensuke ^a   Inoue, Tadashi ^a   Fusselman, S P ^b   Grimmett, D L ^b   Roy, J J ^b   Storvick, T S ^c   Krueger, C L ^c   Nabelek, C R ^c  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrorefining; High level liquid wastes; High level radioactive wastes; Liquid metals; Molten LiCl KCl eutectic salt; Pyrometallurgical partitioning; Rare earths; Rare earth elements; Reductive extraction; Transuranic elements; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; LIQUID METALS; METAL REFINING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SAMPLING; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ELECTROREFINING; EUTECTIC SALT; HIGH LEVEL LIQUID WASTES; REDUCTIVE EXTRACTION;

PYROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0035083545     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2001.9715005     Document Type: Article

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