Effect of iodides on thermal behavior and phase partitioning in LiCl-KCl
Liquid-fueled molten salt reactors (MSRs) are designed to operate with fissile materials and, ultimately, fission products dissolved in the primary molten salt coolant. Understanding the speciation and transport of iodine—a high-yield fission product—is essential because this element’s accidental release poses significant environmental concerns due to its capacity to be readily absorbed by the human thyroid […]
Separation of fission products from high-level waste salt systems by partial crystallization: CsCl-NaCl-LiCl-KCl study
Pyroprocessing refers to a series of high-temperature molten-salt processes used to manage and recycle nuclear materials to reduce the waste volume and hazardous environmental impact of the final waste product. In these processes, fission products with high halide affinity, including cesium (Cs-137) with a half-life of 30 years that decays to barium (Ba-137), are dissolved […]