Prospects for the Use of Palladium from NPP Spent Nuclear Fuel and Ways to Design the Technology of its Recovery at a Radiochemical Enterprise
Yu. A. Pokhitonov, I. G. Tananaev
Abstract
Abstract The removal of platinoids (Pd, Rh, and Ru) from irradiated fuel the yield of which is kilograms per ton is a complex problem due to a number of technological and economic reasons. The paper proposes ways of a phased approach to the introduction of technology for the recovery of platinum-group metals (PGM) at one of the radiochemical enterprises. Information is presented on the dynamics of production volume and prices of PGMs in the world over the past decades and on the possibility of using reactor platinoids in various fields. According to the authors, it is of interest to consider the problem of isolating and using reactor Pd in hydrogen power engineering and in the processing of waste from radiochemical enterprises.