Integrated Efficiency Test for Pyrochemical Fuel Cycles

Conference · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:923480

Li, S X; Vaden, D; Benedict, R W; Johnson, T A; Westphal, B R; Frederickson, Guy L

An integrated efficiency test was conducted with sodium bonded, spent EBR-II drive fuel elements. The major equipment involved in the test were the element chopper, Mk-IV electrorefiner, cathode processor, and casting furnace. Four electrorefining batches (containing 54.4 kg heavy metal) were processes under the fixed operating parameters that have been developed for this equipment based on over a decade’s worth of processing experience. A mass balance across this equipment was performed. Actinide dissolution and recovery efficiencies were established based on the mass balance and chemical analytical results of various samples taken from process streams during the integrated efficiency test.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - NE
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC07-99ID-13727
• OSTI ID: 923480
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-07-12076; TRN: US0801842
• Resource Relation: Conference: Global 2007,Boise, ID,09/09/2007,09/13/2007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
ACTINIDES
CASTING
CATHODES
DISSOLUTION
EFFICIENCY
ELECTROREFINING
FUEL CYCLE
FUEL ELEMENTS
HEAVY METALS
MASS BALANCE
PROCESSING
SODIUM
nuclear fuel cycle
sodium-bonded spent fuel