Study on the electrodeposition of uranium in chloride molten salt
Pei Wu, Liqin Wang, Jinrui Wang, Junhan Luo, Yuexiang Lu, Xiaopeng Song, J. Liu, Yongquan Qin, Liudong Hou, Jing Ma
Abstract
with a recovery efficiency of 97% was obtained, and the products were characterized using XRD, SEM-EDS, ICP-AES and XPS. It was found that within the scope of this experiment, increasing the cathode diameter, extending the electrolysis time, and increasing the reduction voltage appropriately all led to an improvement in the recovery efficiency of the electrolysis reaction, while other conditions had minimal effect on the reaction. Furthermore, doping of the electrolyte system was performed by adding La, Ce and Nd elements, while the removal of La showed good purification effects, with a maximum decontamination factor of 119. Furthermore, the system showed good purification effects for Nd, with a decontamination factor of 57.