Separation and Utlisation of Rare Metal Fission Products in Nuclear Fuel Cycle as for Hydrogen Production Catalysts

Abstract

A novel reprocessing system with recovery of actinides, long-lived fission products (LLFP) and valuable rare metal fission products (RMFP) has been proposed. This process is based on ion exchange (IX) and catalytic electrolytic extraction (CEE). The pre-filtration step using tertiary pyridine-type anion-exchange resin is set prior to the main actinide recovery steps in this system.