An electrorefining process for metallic spent nuclear fuel treatment is being investigated in ITU. Solid aluminium cathodes are used for homogeneous recovery of all actinides within the process carried out in molten LiCl-KCl eutectic salt at a temperature of 450°C. As the selectivity, efficiency and performance of solid Al has been already shown using un-irradiated An-Zr alloy based test fuels, the present work was focused on laboratory-scale demonstration of the process using irradiated METAPHIX-1 fuel composed of U67-Pu19-Zr10-MA2-RE2 (wt.%, MA = Np, Am, Cm, RE = Nd, Ce, Gd, Y). Different electrorefining techniques, conditions and cathode geometries were used during the experiment yielding evaluation of separation factors, kinetic parameters of actinide-alloy formation, process efficiency and macro-structure characterisation of the deposits. The results confirmed an excellent separation and very high efficiency of the electrorefining process using solid Al cathodes.
SOUCEK Pavel;
MURAKAMI Tsuyoshi;
CLAUX Benoit;
MEIER Roland;
MALMBECK Rikard;
TSUKADA T.;
GLATZ Jean-Paul;
2015-07-13
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
JRC90357
0022-3115,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.12.103,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC90357,
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.12.103,
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