Liquid cadmium cathode performance model based on the equilibrium behaviors of U and Pu in molten LiCl–KCl/Cd system at 500°C

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Title: Liquid cadmium cathode performance model based on the equilibrium behaviors of U and Pu in molten LiCl–KCl/Cd system at 500°C

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The liquid cadmium cathode is a pyroprocessing technology used for the recovery of group actinide metals from the molten chloride salts that support uranium electrorefining. This article presents a model for the performance of a liquid cadmium cathode based on considerations of salt/alloy equilibrium thermodynamics, Cd-U-Pu phase diagram behaviors, and mass balance constraints. In conclusion, the model demonstrates how the salt/cadmium system responds as incremental additions of uranium are made to the liquid cadmium cathode.

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Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Publication Date:: 2019-11-06

Research Org.:: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1578276

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1580291

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-19-54973-Rev000
Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Nuclear Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 528; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Liquid Cadmium Cathode; Uranium; Plutonium; Cadmium; Model; Thermodynamic; Phase Diagram

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                    Fredrickson, Guy L., and Yoo, Tae -Sic. Liquid cadmium cathode performance model based on the equilibrium behaviors of U and Pu in molten LiCl–KCl/Cd system at 500°C.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Fredrickson, Guy L., & Yoo, Tae -Sic. Liquid cadmium cathode performance model based on the equilibrium behaviors of U and Pu in molten LiCl–KCl/Cd system at 500°C.  United States.  doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151883.

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        "Liquid cadmium cathode performance model based on the equilibrium behaviors of U and Pu in molten LiCl–KCl/Cd system at 500°C".  United States.  doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151883.

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@article{osti_1578276,

  title        = {Liquid cadmium cathode performance model based on the equilibrium behaviors of U and Pu in molten LiCl–KCl/Cd system at 500°C},

  author       = {Fredrickson, Guy L. and Yoo, Tae -Sic},

  abstractNote = {The liquid cadmium cathode is a pyroprocessing technology used for the recovery of group actinide metals from the molten chloride salts that support uranium electrorefining. This article presents a model for the performance of a liquid cadmium cathode based on considerations of salt/alloy equilibrium thermodynamics, Cd-U-Pu phase diagram behaviors, and mass balance constraints. In conclusion, the model demonstrates how the salt/cadmium system responds as incremental additions of uranium are made to the liquid cadmium cathode.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151883},

  journal      = {Journal of Nuclear Materials},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 528,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {11}

}

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