Electrolytic production of uranium alloy in molten salt electrolyte

摘要

Uranium alloy is produced in an electrolytic cell (10) from a molten salt electrolyte (16) by adding an alloying component eg. rod 20 to the uranium produced in the cell (10). The addition of the alloying component can take place inside the cell (10), or to uranium withdrawn from the cell (10) and subsequently returned to the cell (10). The alloying component may also be liquid, granules. Addition of the alloying component enables reduction in the operating temperature of the cell. IMAGE