Electrorefining of U-Pu-Zr-alloy fuel onto solid aluminium cathodes in molten LiCl-KCl

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 96, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 315-322

  Soucek P ^a   Cassayre, L ^b   Malmbeck, R ^a   Mendes, E ^a   Jardin, R ^a   Glatz, J P ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Actinides; Alloy formation; Electrorefining; LiCl KCl eutectic; Pyrochemical separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249123602     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2008.1493     Document Type: Article

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