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 …

The electrochemical reduction process has been used to reduce spent oxide fuel to a
metallic form using pyroprocessing technology for a closed fuel cycle in combination with a …

Little over a decade ago, Professor Derek Fray's group at the University of Cambridge, UK,
discovered that a solid metal oxide can be directly reduced to metal by cathodically …

The work is devoted to the calculation of the temperature field of the fuel element of a
nuclear reactor made of plutonium dioxide. At the same time, the heat release process itself …

Extensive research and process development has been conducted on the electrolytic
reduction of actinide oxides in molten LiCl-Li 2 O. It is now accepted that the reduction of …

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To investigate the effect of cathode materials on the formation of UO 2 in LiCl-KCl-UO 2 Cl 2
melts, the electrochemical formation and nucleation mechanisms of UO 2 were investigated …

Spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from modern light water or thermal reactors containing uranium
oxide with small concentrations of plutonium and other actinide oxides is converted into …

The role of oxygen in the electrolytic reduction of uranium oxide in molten salt has received
increased attention in recent years. In contrast to solubility, few studies were reported on the …

To further explore the application of the low-temperature molten salt in processing heavy
rare earths, the properties of ytterbium in AlCl 3-NaCl melts have been investigated. In this …