Metal Fuel and Pyroprocessing Division
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  - Studies on experimental conditioning parameters for injection casting of uranium based alloys 
- 	Development of coating technology on quartz moulds for applications in injection casting of uranium based alloys 
- 	R&D activities on oxidation behaviour of uranium based alloys 
- 	Development of pyroprocessing flow sheet for U-Pu-Zr alloys in lab scale facility 
- 	Design and development of process equipment for high temperature electrolysis and distillation of U-Pu-Zr alloys 
- 	Design and development of electrodes for electrorefining of U-Zr and U-Pu-Zr alloys 
- 	Development of back-end fuel cycle for pyroprocesssing flow sheet 
- R&D activities on evaluation of lithium zeolites for back-end fuel cycle of pyroprocessing  
- R&D activities on development of analytical methods for pyroprocessing applications 
- Development of direct-oxide electro-reduction technology for preparation of uranium and uranium based alloys  
- 	R&D activities on evaluation of electrochemical and thermodynamic properties of molten salts containing impurities, actinides and lanthanides 
- Setting up of laboratory for demonstration of direct-oxide electro-reduction of uranium oxide and pyroprocessing operations using U-Pu-Zr alloy  
- 	R&D related to iron-phosphate glass matrices 
 
  
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