REMOVAL OF ZIRCONIUM IN ELECTROMETALLURGICAL TREATMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL BREEDER REACTOR II SPENT FUEL

摘要

During electrorefining of irradiated, binary U-Zr- Experimental Breeder Reactor II fuel, a portion of zir- Conium is found to dissolve along with uranium. It ac- Cumulates in the cadmium pool both as dissolved Zirconium and as a zirconium-cadmium intermetallic pre- Cipitate. Two electrochemical methods of removing Zir- Conium from the electrorefiner have been evaluated.