Electrochemical processing in molten salts–a nuclear perspective

M Mirza, R Abdulaziz, WC Maskell, S Wilcock… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Electrochemistry of actinides and fission products in molten salts—Data review

J Zhang - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
The thermodynamic and electrochemical properties of actinides and fission products in the
molten salt determine the pyroprocessing separation performance. Extensive measurements …

Thermochemical properties of lanthanides (Ln= La, Nd) and actinides (An= U, Np, Pu, Am) in the molten LiCl–KCl eutectic

P Masset, RJM Konings, R Malmbeck, J Serp… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2005 - Elsevier
The electrochemical reduction of actinides (U, Pu, Np and Am) and lanthanides (La and Nd)
chlorides was investigated by cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiometry at different …

Actinide separation science and technology

KL Nash, C Madic, JN Mathur… - The chemistry of the …, 2006 - Springer
Both the science and technology of the actinides as we know them today owe much to
separation science. Conversely, the field of metal ion separations, solvent extraction, and …

Application of voltammetry for quantitative analysis of actinides in molten salts

MM Tylka, JL Willit, J Prakash… - Journal of The …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Our previous work (" Method Development for Quantitative Analysis of Actinides in
Molten Salts" 2015) 1 demonstrated that by following a set of developed procedures and a …

Method development for quantitative analysis of actinides in molten salts

MM Tylka, JL Willit, J Prakash… - Journal of The …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper describes how electrochemical techniques have been used to develop a method
for high-precision, real-time quantitative measurements of the concentration of actinides …

Electrochemical behaviour of americium ions in LiCl–KCl eutectic melt

J Serp, P Chamelot, S Fourcaudot, RJM Konings… - Electrochimica …, 2006 - Elsevier
This work presents a study on the electrochemical properties of AmCl3 in a molten LiCl–KCl
eutectic, at a temperature range of 733–833K. Transient electrochemical techniques, such …

Diagrammatic representation of direct electrolytic reduction of SiO2 in molten CaCl2

K Yasuda, T Nohira, R Hagiwara… - Journal of the …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
The direct electrolytic reduction of solid and an reference electrode in molten were
investigated at. An electrode separated by a mullite tube was confirmed to be a stable …

Thermodynamic properties of actinides and actinide compounds

RJM Konings, LR Morss, J Fuger - The chemistry of the actinide and …, 2006 - Springer
The necessity of obtaining accurate thermodynamic quantities for the actinide elements and
their compounds was recognized at the outset of the Manhattan Project, when a dedicated …

Corrosion Mitigation in Molten Salt Environments

S Delpech, C Carrière, A Chmakoff, L Martinelli… - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
The aim of this paper is to present methods for corrosion mitigation in molten salt
environments. The corrosion of structural materials depends directly on the redox potential …