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Title: Apparatus and method for stripping tritium from molten salt

Abstract

A method of stripping tritium from flowing stream of molten salt includes providing a tritium-separating membrane structure having a porous support, a nanoporous structural metal-ion diffusion barrier layer, and a gas-tight, nonporous palladium-bearing separative layer, directing the flowing stream of molten salt into contact with the palladium-bearing layer so that tritium contained within the molten salt is transported through the tritium-separating membrane structure, and contacting a sweep gas with the porous support for collecting the tritium.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1343279
Patent Number(s):
9564251
Application Number:
14/333,627
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Jul 17
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Holcomb, David E., and Wilson, Dane F. Apparatus and method for stripping tritium from molten salt. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Holcomb, David E., & Wilson, Dane F. Apparatus and method for stripping tritium from molten salt. United States.
Holcomb, David E., and Wilson, Dane F. Tue . "Apparatus and method for stripping tritium from molten salt". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1343279.
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