Recovery of tritium from molten lithium blanket

Garcia-Diaz, Brenda L.; Babineau, David W.; Colon-Mercado, Hector R.; Teprovich, Jr., Joseph A.; Olson, Luke C.; Fuentes, Roderick E.

Title: Recovery of tritium from molten lithium blanket

Patent · Tue Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019

OSTI ID:1600195

Garcia-Diaz, Brenda L.; Babineau, David W.; Colon-Mercado, Hector R.; Teprovich, Jr., Joseph A.; Olson, Luke C.; Fuentes, Roderick E.

Electrochemical cells and methods are described that can be utilized for the recovery of tritium directly from a molten lithium metal solution without the need for a separation or concentration step prior to the electrolytic recovery process. The methods and systems utilize an ion conducting electrolyte that conducts either lithium ion or tritide ion across the electrochemical cell.

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Research Organization:: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC09-08SR22470

Assignee:: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, SC)

Patent Number(s):: 10,450,660

Application Number:: 14/931,018

OSTI ID:: 1600195

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 11/03/2015

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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