AVLIS process for isotopic purification of palladium extracted from fission products
Résumé
The atomic laser route AVLIS (Atomic Vapor Laser Isotopic Separation) was chosen for removing the $^{107}$Pd from palladium extracted from the spent fuel because of the absence of convenient molecules for the ultracentrifugation process. Furthermore, an AVLIS-type process has the capacity to process large quantities of material. However, AVLIS applied to platinum metals implies specific difficulties that were not encountered on uranium, in particular due to a different electronic configuration. The work reported here presents the main scientific and technological difficulties encountered and the first characterizations paving the way to solutions, which still require industrial development.
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Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]Origine | Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s) |
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