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Dissolution And Electrochemical Recovery Of Uo2, Uo3, And U3o8 In Ionic Liquids, Katherine Iolani Thornock Luebke
Dissolution And Electrochemical Recovery Of Uo2, Uo3, And U3o8 In Ionic Liquids, Katherine Iolani Thornock Luebke
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This research explores a novel method of increasing the solubility of uranium oxides and other actinide oxides in room temperature ionic liquids (IL) using direct dissolution. The goal is to further expand our knowledge of actinide dissolution and possible nuclear fuel cycle material applications using ionic liquids. The novelty of the methods is focused on the use of oxidizing gas generated using air passed through an ozone generator. While examples of dissolution exist in IL using acidic functionalized ionic liquids, the solubility of all possible oxide species was not demonstrated. Also, the addition of aqueous acid to IL containing actinide …