OXIDATIVE DISSOLUTION OF TRIURANIUM OCTOXIDE IN CARBONATE SOLUTIONS
N.M. Chervyakov, A.V. Boyarintsev, A.V. Andreev, S.I. Stepanov
Pages: 68-74
DOI: 10.21175/RadProc.2021.13
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Oxidative dissolution is the key stage of uranium oxide spent nuclear fuel
(SNF) reprocessing technology in carbonate media. The ability to quickly
and completely dissolve the main component of the SNF matrix - UO 2 in sodium or ammonium carbonate solutions in the presence of
hydrogen peroxide at room temperature made it possible to substantiate
carbonate media as an alternative to nitric acid media in the SNF
reprocessing technology. Before the SNF oxidative dissolution stage, in the
CARBEX (CARBonate EXtraction) process, voloxidation (volume oxidation) is
carried out. As a result, UO2 completely turns into U3O8. In this work, the dissolution of U3O 8 in sodium carbonate solutions, in the presence of hydrogen
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