ADVANCED STUDIES ON PLUTONIUM FOR PU ISOTOPE TRANSMUTATION AND PU SEPARATION | ||
| The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering | ||
| Article 36, Volume 16, 16th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering., May 2014, Pages 1-6 PDF (89.57 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/amme.2014.35575 | ||
| Author | ||
| A. E. Mohamed | ||
| Research professor at BRNO University of technology Institute of Energy, Czech Rep., Main research fields: Nuclear reactors Engineering and Physics, PU material radiation and nuclear materials. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT In this paper, I discuss and present the advanced experiments methods for thermochemical properties of plutonium in liquid gallium at 1073 k, application to plutonium cerium separation and the theoretical studies on Pu isotope transmutation. Electrochemical investigations on plutonium diluted in liquid gallium using molten chlorides showed that gallium can be used as solvent metal for pyrochemical processes involving plutonium at 1073 k. In particular, a selective extraction of plutonium from gallium by anodic oxidation is thermodynamically possible. The deposition of plutonium on a liquid gallium cathode is also possible with CaCl 2 as molten salt with a careful control of cathode potential. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Thermal spectra; subcritical reactor; isotopic composition; equilibrium cycle; activity coefficient; chloride salts; solvent metal | ||
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