Recovery of tritium from molten lithium blanket
Abstract
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.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1600195
- Patent Number(s):
- 10450660
- Application Number:
- 14/931,018
- Assignee:
- Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, SC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25C - PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-08SR22470
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 11/03/2015
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
Citation Formats
Garcia-Diaz, Brenda L., Babineau, David W., Colon-Mercado, Hector R., Teprovich, Jr., Joseph A., Olson, Luke C., and Fuentes, Roderick E. Recovery of tritium from molten lithium blanket. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web.
Garcia-Diaz, Brenda L., Babineau, David W., Colon-Mercado, Hector R., Teprovich, Jr., Joseph A., Olson, Luke C., & Fuentes, Roderick E. Recovery of tritium from molten lithium blanket. United States.
Garcia-Diaz, Brenda L., Babineau, David W., Colon-Mercado, Hector R., Teprovich, Jr., Joseph A., Olson, Luke C., and Fuentes, Roderick E. Tue .
"Recovery of tritium from molten lithium blanket". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1600195.
@article{osti_1600195,
title = {Recovery of tritium from molten lithium blanket},
author = {Garcia-Diaz, Brenda L. and Babineau, David W. and Colon-Mercado, Hector R. and Teprovich, Jr., Joseph A. and Olson, Luke C. and Fuentes, Roderick E.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {10}
}
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