2019 Annual Meeting
Mar 20 - Mar 22, 2019Ibaraki University Mito Campus
2019 Annual Meeting
Mar 20 - Mar 22, 2019Ibaraki University Mito Campus
[2B03]Electrochemical Behavior of Zirconium in Molten LiCl-KCl-Li2O for Fuel Debris Treatment
*Tatsuya Emori1, Takafumi Uchiyama1, Haruaki Matsuura1(1. Tokyo City University)
Keywords:
Fuel debris,Electrochemical,Molten salt electrolysis,Molten chloride,Zirconium
To develop processing of fuel debris, selective fluorination and molten salt electrolysis have been proposed as separating uranium and plutonium. We have investigated electrochemical behavior of zirconium in molten LiCl-KCl-Li2O-ZrF4. As a result, reduction current of zirconium decreased and shape variation of voltammogram depending on concentration of Li2O could be observed.