Melt Crystallization of CsF from Alkali Fluorides
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Fractional melt-crystallization is a technique used to separate components in a multicomponent liquid mixture through controlled cooling. In fiscal year (FY) 2023, this technique was successfully used to separate CsCl from LiCl-KCl. This demonstrated a potential route for concentrating electrorefiner fission product waste streams in pyrochemical fuel cycles, building on previous work that developed the melt-crystallization system for fission product removal from LiCl-based electrolytes used for oxide reduction. This work investigated whether a thermally controlled process of a solid-liquid separation process could effectively remove CsF from LiF-NaF-KF (FLiNaK)-CsF salt for MSR fuel cycle applications. The designed process aimed to recover purified LiF-NaF-KF salt as solid precipitates while concentrating CsF to a remaining salt heel. This concentrated CsF can then be immobilized during a salt waste stream treatment operation, minimizing waste volume.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 2476799
- Report Number(s):
- INL/RPT--24-78326-Rev000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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