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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 47, Issue 6, 060301(2024)

Electrochemical properties and separation of uranium from lanthanide (Eu, Sm, Yb, La, Ce, and Ho) fluorides in FLiBe molten salt

Feng JIANG^1,2, Wei HUANG^1,2, Changfeng SHE^1、**, Haiying FU^1,2、*, and Yu GONG^1,2

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¹Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Feng JIANG, Wei HUANG, Changfeng SHE, Haiying FU, Yu GONG. Electrochemical properties and separation of uranium from lanthanide (Eu, Sm, Yb, La, Ce, and Ho) fluorides in FLiBe molten salt[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(6): 060301

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Jan. 26, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Jul. 8, 2024

The Author Email: SHE Changfeng (佘长锋), FU Haiying (付海英)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.060301

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