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Argonne research aims to improve nuclear fuel recycling and metal recovery
Servis
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are investigating a used nuclear fuel recycling technology that could lead to a scaled-down and more efficient approach to metal recovery, according to a recent news article from the lab. The research, led by Argonne radiochemist Anna Servis with funding from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), could have an impact beyond the nuclear fuel cycle and improve other high-value metal processing, such as rare earth recovery, according to Argonne.
The research: Servis’s work is being carried out under ARPA-E’s CURIE (Converting UNF Radioisotopes Into Energy) program. The specific project—Radioisotope Capture Intensification Using Rotating Packed Bed Contactors—started in 2023 and is scheduled to end in January 2026.
S. Krat, A. Prishvitsyn, A. Alieva, N. Efimov, E. Vinitskiy, D. Ulasevich, A. Izarova, F. Podolyako, A. Belov, A. Meshcheryakov, J. Ongena, N. Kharchev, A. Chernenko, R. Khayrutdinov, V. Lukash, D. Sinelnikov, D. Bulgadaryan, I. Sorokin, K. Gubskiy, A. Kaziev, D. Kolodko, V. Tumarkin, A. Isakova, A. Grunin, L. Begrambekov, R. Voskoboinikov, A. Melnikov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 79 | Number 4 | May 2023 | Pages 446-464
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2022.2149033
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
An overview of the MEPhIST-0 educational and research small-scale spherical tokamak project is presented including the vacuum vessel, magnetic field systems, and diagnostics. In contrast to other small machines, it is an advanced tokamak with D-shaped plasma equipped with an electron-cyclotron resonance pre-ionization system for plasma startup and an ion-cyclotron resonance system for plasma heating and wall conditioning. The design choices taken are discussed from the perspective of a primarily educational installation. The machine design is simplified while remaining relevant to larger devices. First plasma results obtained in 2021 are presented.
