Assessment of the Use of Nitrogen Trifluoride for Purifying Coolant and Heat Transfer Salts in the Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor

Technical Report · Tue Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1017120· OSTI ID:1017120

Scheele, Randall D; Casella, Andrew M

This report provides an assessment of the use of nitrogen trifluoride for removing oxide and water-caused contaminants in the fluoride salts that will be used as coolants in a molten salt cooled reactor.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1017120
• Report Number(s): PNNL-19793; 830403000; TRN: US1103199
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CONTAINMENT
COOLANTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EVALUATION
FLUORINE
FREE ENERGY
GASEOUS WASTES
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
HEAT TRANSFER
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NITROGEN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PURIFICATION
PYROLYSIS
SILICON CARBIDES
VIABILITY
WATER