Radiochemical Reprocessing of Nuclear Materials Containing Uranium Silicides: Silicon Distribution on Dissolution of Voloxidation Products of Unirradiated Triuranium Disilicide
A. V. Boyarintsev, A. G. Koptyaeva, E. V. Boyarintseva, S. V. Artobolevskii, L. N. Podrezova, A. Yu. Shadrin, S. I. Stepanov
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Abstract
The chemical behavior of silicon in the initial steps of reprocessing of spent uranium silicide nuclear fuel (U3Si2-SNF) in nitric acid solutions was studied. The composition of voloxidation products of triuranium disilicide (U3Si2) and their solubility in nitric acid solutions were determined. The U3Si2 oxidation products are U3O8, elemental silicon, and silicon dioxide (SiO2). The influence of the voloxidation and dissolution conditions on the silicon distribution into uranium-containing nitric acid solutions was studied for powders of voloxidized U3Si2.
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Radiochemistry is a journal that covers the theoretical and applied aspects of radiochemistry, including basic nuclear physical properties of radionuclides; chemistry of radioactive elements and their compounds; the occurrence and behavior of natural and artificial radionuclides in the environment; nuclear fuel cycle; radiochemical analysis methods and devices; production and isolation of radionuclides, synthesis of labeled compounds, new applications of radioactive tracers; radiochemical aspects of nuclear medicine; radiation chemistry and after-effects of nuclear transformations.