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Title: SOLUBILITY RELATIONS AMONG SOME FISSION PRODUCT FLUORIDES IN NaF-ZrF$sub 4$- UF$sub 4$ (50-46-4 MOLE %)

Abstract

A study of the solubility relations among some of the fission products in a fuel mixture was carried out. Fluorides such as those of Ce/sup 141/, La/ sup 140/, Sm/sup 153/, Y/sup 91/, and Ba/sup 133/ were used with NaF--ZrF/sub 4/- UF/sub 4/ fuel solution Experimental procedure is described and data are tabulated. The data reveal that fission product precipitation in NaF- ZrF/sub 4/- UF/sub 4/ is not a reactor problem. Reasonable estimates of the solubility of other rare earths can be made from a consideration of the atomic radii of those investigated. The chemical feasibility of solid-solvent extraction of rare-earth poisons from the molten fluoride fuel was also established. (J.R.D.)

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
4230213
Report Number(s):
ORNL-2421
NSA Number:
NSA-13-021958
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-26
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
CHEMISTRY; ATOMS; BARIUM 133; BARIUM FLUORIDES; CERIUM 141; CERIUM FLUORIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPOUNDS; CONFIGURATION; DECONTAMINATION; FISSION PRODUCTS; FLUORIDES; FUSED SALT FUEL; FUSED SALTS; LABORATORY EQUIPMENT; LANTHANUM 140; LANTHANUM FLUORIDES; MEASURED VALUES; MIXING; PERFORMANCE; PRECIPITATION; RARE EARTHS; REACTORS; SAMARIUM 153; SAMARIUM FLUORIDES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SODIUM FLUORIDES; SOLIDS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TABLES; URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE; YTTRIUM 91; YTTRIUM FLUORIDES; ZIRCONIUM FLUORIDES

Citation Formats

Ward, W. T., Strehlow, R. A., Grimes, W. R., and Watson, G. M. SOLUBILITY RELATIONS AMONG SOME FISSION PRODUCT FLUORIDES IN NaF-ZrF$sub 4$- UF$sub 4$ (50-46-4 MOLE %). United States: N. p., 1958. Web. doi:10.2172/4230213.
Ward, W. T., Strehlow, R. A., Grimes, W. R., & Watson, G. M. SOLUBILITY RELATIONS AMONG SOME FISSION PRODUCT FLUORIDES IN NaF-ZrF$sub 4$- UF$sub 4$ (50-46-4 MOLE %). United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/4230213
Ward, W. T., Strehlow, R. A., Grimes, W. R., and Watson, G. M. 1958. "SOLUBILITY RELATIONS AMONG SOME FISSION PRODUCT FLUORIDES IN NaF-ZrF$sub 4$- UF$sub 4$ (50-46-4 MOLE %)". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/4230213. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4230213.
@article{osti_4230213,
title = {SOLUBILITY RELATIONS AMONG SOME FISSION PRODUCT FLUORIDES IN NaF-ZrF$sub 4$- UF$sub 4$ (50-46-4 MOLE %)},
author = {Ward, W. T. and Strehlow, R. A. and Grimes, W. R. and Watson, G. M.},
abstractNote = {A study of the solubility relations among some of the fission products in a fuel mixture was carried out. Fluorides such as those of Ce/sup 141/, La/ sup 140/, Sm/sup 153/, Y/sup 91/, and Ba/sup 133/ were used with NaF--ZrF/sub 4/- UF/sub 4/ fuel solution Experimental procedure is described and data are tabulated. The data reveal that fission product precipitation in NaF- ZrF/sub 4/- UF/sub 4/ is not a reactor problem. Reasonable estimates of the solubility of other rare earths can be made from a consideration of the atomic radii of those investigated. The chemical feasibility of solid-solvent extraction of rare-earth poisons from the molten fluoride fuel was also established. (J.R.D.)},
doi = {10.2172/4230213},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4230213}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 1958},
month = {Thu Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 1958}
}