Recovery of tritium from molten lithium blanket

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

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Title: Recovery of tritium from molten lithium blanket

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

Issue Date:: Tue Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019

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):: C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS

C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25B - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS

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C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B6/04 - Hydrides of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, beryllium or magnesium

C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25B - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS
C25B1/02 - of hydrogen or oxygen
C25B13/04 - characterised by the material

C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25C - PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS
C25C3/02 - of alkali or alkaline earth metals
C25C7/005 - {of cells for the electrolysis of melts
C25C7/04 - Diaphragms

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21B - FUSION REACTORS
G21B1/115 - {Tritium recovery}

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
G21F9/06 - Processing

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E30/10 - Fusion reactors

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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

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                    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. 
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                    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.

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                    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.

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  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.},

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