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- adjective Of or pertaining to
pyrometallurgy
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Examples
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Two variants were proposed: a 150-500 MWe type with actinides incorporated into a metal fuel requiring pyrometallurgical processing on site; and a 500-1500 MWe type with conventional MOX fuel reprocessed in conventional facilities elsewhere.
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In addition, sulfuric acid plants are needed in pyrometallurgical process to recover sulfur dioxide from the process in order to minimize emissions to the environment.
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In a recent project Consolidated Professor Mines Ltd (CPML) contracted XPS to simultaneously define viable pyrometallurgical treatment options to remove arsenic from its cobaltite concentrate, maximise recovery of cobalt and silver and develop environmentally sound solutions to safely dispose the arsenic.
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Environmental Management: Techniques for stabilisation of arsenic-bearing process residues via appropriate hydrometallurgical or pyrometallurgical means
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Meanwhile, the batteries are sent to a facility in Germany where a pyrometallurgical distillation process is used to separate out metals such as nickel and cadmium with the residual chemicals being disposed of in accordance with chemical waste regulations.
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This nuclear fuel cycle would combine two innovations: pyrometallurgical processing (a high-temperature method of recycling reactor waste into fuel) and advanced fast-neutron reactors capable of burning that fuel.
Scientific American 2009
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Yes, the pyrometallurgical system of electrorefining in the Integral Fast Reactor mixes actinides in with plutonium in such a way that fuel is dangerous to handle and not suitable for bomb production.
marklynas.org - home 2009
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