Thermal analysis of projected molten salt compositions during FFTF and EBR-II used nuclear fuel processing
Journal Article
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· Journal of Nuclear Materials
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States)
This work studies the change in liquidus temperature of the salt used in the Mk-IV electrorefiner at the Idaho National Laboratory during processing campaigns of sodium-bonded driver fuels from Experimental Breeder Reactor II and the Fast Flux Test Facility reactor. Modeling and Simulation Tool for Electrochemical Recycling Systems (MASTERS), an INL proprietary pyroprocessing flowsheet simulation tool, was used to simulate the processing campaigns and determine the resulting composition changes of the Mark-IV electrorefiner salt. Surrogate salt samples simulating the Mk-IV electrorefiner salt during the fuel processing campaigns were prepared, and the thermal properties were measured via differential scanning calorimetry. Results from this study indicate that after processing approximately 2,150 kg of uranium metal from used fuel, the liquidus temperature of the molten salt exceeds 520°C, which is a significant increase from 352°C (the melting temperature of eutectic LiCl-KCl). It was also discovered that the liquidus temperature is strongly dependent on the amount of NaCl accumulating in the Mk-IV electrorefiner salt. Thus, the assessment of the liquidus temperature during the subsequent fuel processing campaigns can be simplified by considering the ternary LiCl-KCl-NaCl system only.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 1508609
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 22886650
- Report Number(s):
- INL/JOU-18--51475-Rev000
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Nuclear Materials, Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials Journal Issue: C Vol. 520; ISSN 0022-3115
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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