Recovery of U-Pu alloy from MOX using a pyroprocess series

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-123

  Kitawaki, Shinichi ^a   Shinozaki, Tadahiro ^a   Fukushima, Mineo ^a   Usami, Tsuyoshi ^b   Yahagi, Noboru ^b   Kurata, Masaki ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Electrochemical; Li reduction; Pyroprocessing

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; DISTILLATION; ELECTRODES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FUSED SALTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS; REDUCTION;

ALLOY INGOTS; ANALYTICAL ERRORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL; ELECTROREFINING; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PYROPROCESSING; REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEPARATION FACTORS;

CADMIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 45249086552     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT08-A3937     Document Type: Conference Paper

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