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Electrochemical Reduction Process for Pyroprocessing (파이로프로세싱을 위한 전해환원 공정기술 개발)

  • Choi, Eun-Young;Hong, Sun-Seok;Park, Wooshin;Im, Hun Suk;Oh, Seung-Chul;Won, Chan Yeon;Cha, Ju-Sun;Hur, Jin-Mok
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.52 no.3
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    • pp.279-288
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    • 2014
  • Nuclear energy is expected to meet the growing energy demand while avoiding CO2 emission. However, the problem of accumulating spent fuel from current nuclear power plants which is mainly composed of uranium oxides should be addressed. One of the most practical solutions is to reduce the spent oxide fuel and recycle it. Next-generation fuel cycles demand innovative features such as a reduction of the environmental load, improved safety, efficient recycling of resources, and feasible economics. Pyroprocessing based on molten salt electrolysis is one of the key technologies for reducing the amount of spent nuclear fuel and destroying toxic waste products, such as the long-life fission products. The oxide reduction process based on the electrochemical reduction in a LiCl-$Li_2O$ electrolyte has been developed for the volume reduction of PWR (Pressurized Water Reactor) spent fuels and for providing metal feeds for the electrorefining process. To speed up the electrochemical reduction process, the influences of the feed form for the cathode and the type of anode shroud on the reduction rate were investigated.

TiN Anode for Electrolytic Reduction of UO2 in Pyroprocessing (TiN 양극을 이용한 파이로프로세싱 UO2 전해환원)

  • Kim, Sung-Wook;Choi, Eun-Young;Park, Wooshin;Im, Hun Suk;Hur, Jin-Mok
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.229-233
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    • 2015
  • Developing novel anode materials to replace the Pt anode currently used in electrolytic reduction is an important issue on pyroprocessing. In this study, the electrochemical behavior of TiN was investigated as the conductive ceramic anode which evolves O2 gas during the reaction. The feasibility and stability of the TiN anode was examined during the electrolytic reduction of UO2. The TiN anode could electrochemically convert UO2 to metallic U in a LiCl–Li2O molten salt electrolyte. No oxidation of TiN was observed during the reaction; however, the formation of voids in the bulk section appeared to limit the lifetime of the TiN anode.

A Study on the Fabrication of Uranium-Cadmium Alloy and its Distillation Behavior (우라늄-카드뮴 합금의 제조 및 증류거동에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Ji-Yong;Ahn, Do-Hee;Kim, Kwang-Rag;Paek, Seung-Woo;Kim, Si-Hyung
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.261-267
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    • 2010
  • The pyrometallurgical nuclear fuel recycle process, called pyroprocessing, has been known as a promising nuclear fuel recycling technology. Pyroprocessing technology is crucial to advanced nuclear systems due to increased nuclear proliferation resistance and economic efficiency. The basic concept of pyroprocessing is group actinide recovery, which enhances the nuclear proliferation resistance significantly. One of the key steps in pyroprocessing is "electrowinning" which recovers group actinides with lanthanide from the spent nuclear fuels. In this study, a vertical cadmium distiller was manufactured. The evaporation rate of pure cadmium in vertical cadmium distiller varied from 12.3 to $40.8g/cm^2/h$ within a temperature range of 773 923 K and pressure below 0.01 torr. Uranium - cadmium alloy was fabricated by electrolysis using liquid cadmium cathode in a high purity argon atmosphere glove box. The distillation behavior of pure cadmium and cadmium in uranium - cadmium alloy was investigated. The distillation behavior of cadmium from this study could be used to develop an actinide recovery process from a liquid cadmium cathode in a cadmium distiller.

Uranium ingot casting method with Uranium deposit in a Pyroprocessing (사용후핵연료 파이로 공정 중 우라늄 전착물의 잉곳 제조 방법)

  • Lee, Yoon-Sang;Cho, Choon-Ho;Lee, Sung-Ho;Kim, Jeong-Guk;Lee, Han-Soo
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.85-89
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    • 2010
  • The uranium ingot casting process is one of the steps which consolidate uranium deposits produced by electrorefiner as an ingot form in a pryprocessing technique. This paper introduces new design concept of the ingot casting equipment and the performance test results of the lab-scale ingot casting equipment fabricated based on the design concept. Casting equipment produces the uranium ingot by pouring an uranium melt into a mold by tilting a melting crucible. Also it is equipped with a cup which is able to continuously feed uranium deposits into a melting crucible. The productivity could be significantly enhanced by introducing the continuous operation concept.

Thermal Release of LiCl Waste Salt from Pyroprocessing (파이로프로세싱 발생 LiCl염폐기물의 열발생)

  • Kim, Jeong-Guk;Kim, Kwang-Rag;Kim, In-Tae;Ahn, Do-Hee;Lee, Han-Soo
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.73-78
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    • 2009
  • The decay heat of Cs and Sr contained in a LiCl waste salt, generated from an electrolytic reduction process in pyroprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, has been calculated. The calculation has been carried out under some assumptions that most of the LiCl waste is purified and recycled to main process, and the residual is fabricated to make a waste form. As a result, the decay heat from daughter nuclides such as Ba and Y seems to be maximum 4.6 times higher than that from their parent nuclides such as Cs and Sr. The thermal release from Cs and Sr in the LiCl waste is the maximum around the first one month, so an cooling system operation for some time at the beginning would be suggested to control a rapid increase in the temperature of the LiCl waste salt.

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