Study on the electrodeposition of uranium in chloride molten salt

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This study focuses on the recovery of UO2 from oxide spent fuel using electrodeposition. U3O8 was used as the initial material and dissolved in NaCl-2CsCl using NH4Cl at high temperatures by means of chlorination reaction. The electrolysis process was conducted using a three-electrode system to investigate the effects of cathode material and diameter, electrolysis temperature, electrolysis time, electrolysis voltage, and uranium concentration in the molten salt on the electrolysis reaction. By optimizing the electrolysis conditions, pure UO2 with a recovery efficiency of 97% was obtained, and the products were characterized using XRD, SEM-EDS, ICP-AES and XPS. It was found that within the scope of this experiment, increasing the cathode diameter, extending the electrolysis time, and increasing the reduction voltage appropriately all led to an improvement in the recovery efficiency of the electrolysis reaction, while other conditions had minimal effect on the reaction. Furthermore, doping of the electrolyte system was performed by adding La, Ce and Nd elements, while the removal of La showed good purification effects, with a maximum decontamination factor of 119. Furthermore, the system showed good purification effects for Nd, with a decontamination factor of 57.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

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RSC advances - 14(2024), 10 vom: 21. Feb., Seite 7031-7039

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Pei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Liqin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jinrui [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Junhan [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Yuexiang [VerfasserIn]
Song, Xiaopeng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jilian [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Yongquan [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Liudong [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Jing [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1039/d4ra00607k

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NLM369049179