DocumentCode
2786000
Title
Electrolytic way of processing depleted (bladed) uranium hexafluoride
Author
Karelin, V.A. ; Knyazev, A.N.
Author_Institution
Seversk Technol. Inst., Tomsk Polytech. Univ.
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
25
Lastpage
27
Abstract
In the nuclear industry at implementation of uranium-plutonium nuclear cycle there is a constant formation and accumulation in warehouses of huge quantities of depleted (bladed) uranium hexafluoride (UF6). The problem is how to use the bladed UF6. In the suggested method, bladed UF6 is evaporated from steel capacitances and submitted in a gas phase to an electrolytic furnace under a layer of an electrolyte; UF6 dissolves well in an offered electrolyte. The electrolyte is a melt of a low-melting eutectic of fluoride salts of alkaline and earth metals. The recovered uranium powder can be used as commodity outputs or stored as ingots
Keywords
electrolysis; fission reactor fuel reprocessing; uranium compounds; UF6; accumulation; alkaline metal fluoride salts; bladed uranium hexafluoride; constant formation; dissolving; earth metal fluoride salts; electrolysis; electrolytic furnace; low-melting eutectic; steel capacitances evaporation; uranium powder; uranium-plutonium nuclear cycle; Chemical processes; Chemical technology; Corrosion; Fires; Hydrogen; Impurities; Powders; Power generation; Steel; Thermoelectricity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Modern Techniques and Technology, 2000. MTT 2000. Proceedings of the VI International Scientific and Practical Conference of Students, Post-graduates and Young Scientists
Conference_Location
Tomsk
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5789-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SPCMTT.2000.896028
Filename
896028
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