Electrorefining of uranium and plutonium - A literature review

Abstract This report is a comprehensive review of the literature on uranium and plutonium electrorefining in molten salts. It covers work published from 1943 to November 1991. Electrodeposition and electrodissolution at solid and liquid metal electrodes are discussed as well as mass transfer in liquid metal and molten salt phases.

[1]  D. C. Christensen,et al.  Six-kilogram-scale electrorefining of plutonium metal , 1982 .

[2]  C. E. Thalmayer,et al.  Chronopotentiometric determination of interdiffusion coefficients and heats of interdiffusion in molten salts , 1964 .

[3]  J. A. Leary,et al.  FUSED-SALT ELECTROREFINING OF MOLTEN PLUTONIUM AND ITS ALLOYS BY THE LAMEX PROCESS , 1965 .

[4]  P. Delahay,et al.  Advances in Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering , 1964 .

[5]  Ralph E. White,et al.  Comprehensive Treatise of Electrochemistry , 1981 .

[6]  J. Navratil,et al.  Review of major plutonium pyrochemical technology , 1984 .

[7]  H. Coriou,et al.  Contribution a la connaissance du mecanisme de l'electroraffinage de l'uranium en bains de sels fondus☆ , 1961 .

[8]  S. Marshall,et al.  Electroformation of uranium hemispherical shells , 1989 .

[9]  L. Niedrach,et al.  Uranium Purification by Electrorefining , 1956 .

[10]  L. Martinot,et al.  Chronopotentiometric study of the reaction Pu(IV) + e → Pu(III) in molten LiClKCl eutectic , 1970 .

[11]  R. A. Osteryoung,et al.  An Electrochemical Study of Uranium in Fused Chlorides , 1960 .

[12]  A. N. Morgan,et al.  LARGE SCALE ELECTROREFINING OF PLUTONIUM FROM PLUTONIUM-IRON ALLOYS , 1963 .

[13]  A. N. Morgan,et al.  LARGE-SCALE ELECTROREFINING OF PLUTONIUM FROM GALLIUM ALLOYS , 1962 .

[14]  D. A. Nissen.  ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF PLUTONIUM(III) IN MOLTEN ALKALI CHLORIDES , 1966 .

[15]  R. Noland,et al.  THE ELECTROLYTIC REFINING OF URANIUM , 1953 .

[16]  Gleb Mamantov,et al.  Voltammetry and Related Studies of Uranium in Molten Lithium Fluoride-Beryllium Fluoride-Zirconium Fluoride. , 1966 .

[17]  W. Lilliendahl,et al.  Preparation of Metal Powders by Electrolysis of Fused Salts1I—Ductile Uranium , 1930 .

[18]  L. Martinot,et al.  Chronopotentiometric determination of U(III), U(IV), UO2(VI) and Np(IV) in molten LiCl-KCl eutectic , 1968 .

[19]  M. Kolodney.  Preparation of the First Electrolytic Plutonium and of Uranium from Fused Chlorides , 1982 .

[20]  Brian E. Conway,et al.  Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry , 1974 .

[21]  L. Young,et al.  Electrode reactions in molten salts: the uranium + uranium trichloride system , 1959 .

[22]  D. S. Poa,et al.  Voltammetry of Uranium and Plutonium in Molten LiCl ‐ NaCl ‐ CaCl2 ‐ BaCl2 I . Reduction of U(III) to Uranium Metal1 , 1988 .

[23]  H. Coriou,et al.  Production d'uranium de haute purete par electroraffinage en bains de sels fondus , 1964 .

[24]  M. Brodsky,et al.  Electrodeposition of plutonium and uranium from molten salt solutions of di-chlorides , 1962 .