Chlorination of HALEU regulus casting dross

IF 3.3 3区工程技术 Q1 NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Progress in Nuclear Energy Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI:10.1016/j.pnucene.2024.105464

Guy L. Fredrickson, Brennan C. Mohr, Michael N. Patterson

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A scoping study was performed for chlorinating dross formed during uranium casting operations. The purpose is to minimize the losses of uranium to dross wastes. The dross is primarily a mixture of uranium metal and uranium oxide with a minor fraction of crucible and crucible coating materials. The reaction chemistries were performed in a carrier salt of LiCl-KCl eutectic at 500 °C. The addition of FeCl₂ chlorinated the uranium metal to UCl₃, by reducing the FeCl₂ to iron metal. After the uranium metal was chlorinated, zirconium metal was added to the salt. The residual FeCl₂ chlorinated the zirconium metal to ZrCl₄, by reducing the FeCl₂ to iron metal. In turn, the ZrCl₄ chlorinated the uranium oxide to UCl₃, by converting the ZrCl₄ to zirconium oxide. The effectiveness of the chlorination reactions was qualitatively verified by cyclic voltammograms that indicated the presence or absence of FeCl₂ and UCl₃ in the salt.

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HALEU regulus 铸造渣的氯化处理

对铀铸造过程中形成的渣滓进行了范围研究。目的是尽量减少铀在渣滓废物中的损失。渣滓主要是金属铀和氧化铀的混合物，还有一小部分坩埚和坩埚涂层材料。反应化学反应是在 500 °C 的 LiCl-KCl 共晶载盐中进行的。加入氯化铁后，通过将氯化铁还原成金属铁，将金属铀氯化成 UCl3。金属铀氯化后，向盐中加入金属锆。残留的 FeCl2 通过将 FeCl2 还原成金属铁，将金属锆氯化成 ZrCl4。反过来，ZrCl4 通过将 ZrCl4 转化为氧化锆，将氧化铀氯化为 UCl3。氯化反应的有效性通过循环伏安图进行定性验证，循环伏安图显示盐中是否存在 FeCl2 和 UCl3。

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Progress in Nuclear Energy 工程技术-核科学技术

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5.30

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14.80%

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331

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3.5 months

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