Liquid cadmium cathode performance model based on the equilibrium behaviors of U and Pu in molten LiCl–KCl/Cd system at 500°C
Abstract
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.
- Publication Date:
- 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; TRN: US2102194
- 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.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151883.
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151883
Fredrickson, Guy L., and Yoo, Tae -Sic. Wed .
"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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151883. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1578276.
@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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