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Electrolytic production of metallic uranium from U3O8 in a 20-kg batch scale reactor</p> </p>

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The electrolytic reduction of U3O8 powder was carried out using LiCl-Li2O molten salt in a 20-kg U3O8 batch cell to verify the feasibility of the process. As the current passes the cell, the decomposition of Li2O and the reduction of U3O8 occur simultaneously in a cathode assembly and oxygen gas evolvs at the anode. The results from a 20-kg U3O8 scale cell were compared with data obtained from a bench scale cell. The results suggest a successful demonstration of this process, exhibiting a reduction conversion of U3O8 of more than 99% in a batch.</p> </p>

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  1. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Development Group, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, P.O. Box 105, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 306-600, Korea

    S. M. Jeong

  2. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Development Group, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, P.O. Box 105, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 306-600, Korea

    S.-B. Park

  3. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Development Group, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, P.O. Box 105, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 306-600, Korea

    S.-S. Hong

  4. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Development Group, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, P.O. Box 105, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 306-600, Korea

    C.-S. Seo

  5. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Development Group, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, P.O. Box 105, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 306-600, Korea

    S.-W. Park

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Jeong, S., Park, SB., Hong, SS. et al. Electrolytic production of metallic uranium from U3O8 in a 20-kg batch scale reactor</p> </p> . J Radioanal Nucl Chem 268, 349–356 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-006-0172-z

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