Recently, the demand for critical metals in strategic emerging industries has exploded. The
development of clean, efficient, and simple extraction methods for critical metals, as well as …

Nuclear power provides a sustainable, long-term energy source that is an important
technology in efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. However, issues related to …

Due to the widespread application of heavy metals in steel making, electronics, batteries,
leather tanning, and catalysis, considerable toxic heavy metal-bearing wastewater and solid …

The results of an international review of separation processes for spent nuclear fuel (SNF)
recycling in future closed fuel cycles are reported. This study was made by the Expert Group …

Molten salt is an excellent medium for chemical reaction, energy transfer, and storage.
Molten salt innovative technologies should be developed to recover metals from secondary …

The global consumption of critical metals has significantly grown in recent decades.
However, their natural sources are depleting; valuable metal recycling and recovery from …

Abstract Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are envisioned as a potential pathway to safer, more
economical nuclear electricity generation and supply of industrial heat. MSRs under …

Nuclear power is low carbon and reliable, but in recent years it has struggled to play a
strong role in global plans for electricity generation in the 21st century. Many of those …

Nuclear fuel is both the densest form of energy in its virgin state and, once used, one of the
most hazardous materials known to humankind. Though commonly viewed as a waste—with …

Molten salts have many applications in the nuclear and solar energy industries for thermal
storage and heat transfer applications. However, there is a knowledge gap in molten salt …