Electrochemical reduction of MOX pellets in molten lithium chloride based on a practical operating condition

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-441

  Kurata, Masaki ^a   Yahagi, Noboru ^a   Kitawaki, Shinichi ^b   Nakayoshi, Akira ^b   Fukushima, Mineo ^b  

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

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electro chemical reduction; LiCl; MOX

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FAST REACTORS; FUELS; FUSED SALTS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; PELLETIZING; POWDERS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

CHEMICAL REDUCTION; EFFICIENT ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; LICL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PRACTICAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; TRANSURANIC ELEMENTS;

REDUCTION;

EID: 58149117593     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT08-A4036     Document Type: Article

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