Annular centrifugal contactors KU Leuven
Research in annular centrifugal contactors.
Research in annular centrifugal contactors.
The main objectives of this PhD project are to study the reaction kinetics and mass transfer efficiency of different novel solvent extraction systems for actinide separations, and to investigate how the efficiency of solvent extraction processes can be influenced by changing the contact time in a centrifugal contactor. The current lack of reliable experimental data makes is difficult to define suitable process parameters, and optimize ...
Recycling americium from spent nuclear fuels is considered as an important option for a future sustainable nuclear fuel cycle. Indeed, americium is the main contributor to the long-term radiotoxicity and heat-load of the remaining waste. To reduce the footprint and lifetime of a final disposal facility it is possible to separate americium and then transmute it into shorter lived radionuclides (which requires high flux neutron irradiation). ...