Electrochemical behavior of Si-Zr alloy in LiCl-KCl melt

TSUYOSHI MURAKAMI

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IV. Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Nuclear Materials » 404-3 Fuel Reprocessing

[3I07-09] Denitration, high-level liquid waste, pyro-processing

Wed. Mar 29, 2017 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Room I (16-304 Building No.16)

Chair: Masayuki Takeuchi (JAEA)

11:40 AM - 11:55 AM

[3I09] Electrochemical behavior of Si-Zr alloy in LiCl-KCl melt

*TSUYOSHI MURAKAMI¹, YOSHIHARU SAKAMURA¹, KOICHI UOZUMI¹ (1. Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)

Keywords:partitioning and transmutation, long lived fission product, Si-Zr alloy, molten salt

Electrochemical behavior of Si-Zr alloy was investigated in LiCl-KCl melt at 723 K. The obtained results showed that Zr dissolved into the melt by the anodic oxidation of Si-Zr alloy with evolving SiCl₄ gas.