Russian Scientists Develop New Technology to Aid in Safe Nuclear Waste Disposal

en.Wedoany.com Reported, In a significant breakthrough to address the growing issue of radioactive waste in the nuclear energy industry, Russian scientists have recently improved measurement methods, providing new technical support for the reuse, safe disposal, and long-term storage of nuclear waste.

Researchers from the Kola Science Centre (Кольский научный центр РАН) and Ural Federal University have refined key thermodynamic parameters for the formation of noble metal chlorides in LiCl-KCl-CsCl eutectic molten salts by precisely measuring and correcting the thermoelectromotive force errors in high-temperature electrolytic cells.

These more accurate data form the basis for building reliable physical-mathematical models, which can be used to optimize the process of electrolytically separating platinum group metals (such as palladium, rhodium, and ruthenium) from nuclear waste. This technology not only recovers high-value platinum group metals, reducing processing costs, but also decreases the radiotoxicity of the final waste by separating radioactive elements.

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