Reoxidation of uranium metal immersed in a Li₂O-LiCl molten salt after electrolytic reduction of uranium oxide

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• 作者：Eun-Young Choi^a ; ^{eychoi@kaeri.re.kr} ; Min Ku Jeon^a ; ^b ; Jeong Lee^a ; Sung-Wook Kim^a ; ^b ; Sang Kwon Lee^a ; Sung-Jai Lee^a ; ^b ; Dong Hyun Heo^a ; Hyun Woo Kang^a ; Sang-Chae Jeon^a ; Jin-Mok Hur^a
• 关键词：Pyroprocessing ; Electrolytic reduction ; Uranium ; LiCl ; Li2O ; Reoxidation
• 刊名：Journal of Nuclear Materials
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：485
• 期：Complete
• 页码：90-97
• 全文大小：1756 K
• 卷排序：485

文摘

Uranium (U) metal can be reoxidized into UO2 through the reaction between the U metal and Li2O in LiCl. The degree of reoxidation increases with the Li2O concentration in LiCl. The presence of the Li metal in LiCl suppresses the reoxidation of the U metal.