skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Cesium and Strontium Separation Technologies Literature Review

Abstract

Integral to the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) Program’s proposed closed nuclear fuel cycle, the fission products cesium and strontium in the dissolved spent nuclear fuel stream are to be separated and managed separately. A comprehensive literature survey is presented to identify cesium and strontium separation technologies that have the highest potential and to focus research and development efforts on these technologies. Removal of these high-heat-emitting fission products reduces the radiation fields in subsequent fuel cycle reprocessing streams and provides a significant short-term (100 yr) heat source reduction in the repository. This, along with separation of actinides, may provide a substantial future improvement in the amount of fuel that could be stored in a geologic repository. The survey and review of the candidate cesium and strontium separation technologies are presented herein. Because the AFCI program intends to manage cesium and strontium together, technologies that simultaneously separate both elements are of the greatest interest, relative to technologies that separate only one of the two elements.

Authors:
; ; ;
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE - NE
OSTI Identifier:
910643
Report Number(s):
INEEL/EXT-04-01895
TRN: US0800503
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC07-99ID-13727
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 - NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS , 38 - RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; ACTINIDES; CESIUM; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUEL CYCLE; HEAT SOURCES; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIATIONS; REMOVAL; REPROCESSING; STRONTIUM; cesium; nuclear fuel; strontium

Citation Formats

Todd, T A, Todd, T A, Law, J D, and Herbst, R S. Cesium and Strontium Separation Technologies Literature Review. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.2172/910643.
Todd, T A, Todd, T A, Law, J D, & Herbst, R S. Cesium and Strontium Separation Technologies Literature Review. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/910643
Todd, T A, Todd, T A, Law, J D, and Herbst, R S. 2004. "Cesium and Strontium Separation Technologies Literature Review". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/910643. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/910643.
@article{osti_910643,
title = {Cesium and Strontium Separation Technologies Literature Review},
author = {Todd, T A and Todd, T A and Law, J D and Herbst, R S},
abstractNote = {Integral to the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) Program’s proposed closed nuclear fuel cycle, the fission products cesium and strontium in the dissolved spent nuclear fuel stream are to be separated and managed separately. A comprehensive literature survey is presented to identify cesium and strontium separation technologies that have the highest potential and to focus research and development efforts on these technologies. Removal of these high-heat-emitting fission products reduces the radiation fields in subsequent fuel cycle reprocessing streams and provides a significant short-term (100 yr) heat source reduction in the repository. This, along with separation of actinides, may provide a substantial future improvement in the amount of fuel that could be stored in a geologic repository. The survey and review of the candidate cesium and strontium separation technologies are presented herein. Because the AFCI program intends to manage cesium and strontium together, technologies that simultaneously separate both elements are of the greatest interest, relative to technologies that separate only one of the two elements.},
doi = {10.2172/910643},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/910643}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2004},
month = {Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2004}
}