Recently, the demand for critical metals in strategic emerging industries has exploded. The
development of clean, efficient, and simple extraction methods for critical metals, as well as …

Nuclear power provides a sustainable, long-term energy source that is an important
technology in efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. However, issues related to …

The electrochemical reduction process has been used to reduce spent oxide fuel to a
metallic form using pyroprocessing technology for a closed fuel cycle in combination with a …

Molten salt is an excellent medium for chemical reaction, energy transfer, and storage.
Molten salt innovative technologies should be developed to recover metals from secondary …

Little over a decade ago, Professor Derek Fray's group at the University of Cambridge, UK,
discovered that a solid metal oxide can be directly reduced to metal by cathodically …

Extensive research and process development has been conducted on the electrolytic
reduction of actinide oxides in molten LiCl-Li 2 O. It is now accepted that the reduction of …

A highly porous SIMFUEL particle is prepared here for use as a feed material for
electrochemical reduction. The prepared particles were found to have highly porous and …

Electrochemical reductions of various UO2 forms were investigated in a molten LiCl–Li2O
electrolyte. The study focused on the influence of their sizes and densities on the reduction …

The electrochemical reduction of dense and porous pellets made from uranium dioxide in a
molten LiCl electrolyte with Li2O content 1–2 wt.% was investigated. Electrolysis was …

Molten mixtures of lithium chloride and metallic lithium are of significant interest in various
metal oxide reduction processes. These solutions have been reported to exhibit seemingly …