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INL makes first fuel for Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment
Idaho National Laboratory has announced the creation of the first batch of enriched uranium chloride fuel salt for the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE). INL said that its fuel production team delivered the first fuel salt batch at the end of September, and it intends to produce four additional batches by March 2026. MCRE will require a total of 72–75 batches of fuel salt for the reactor to go critical.
H. Noguchi, Clay E. Easterly, M. R. Bennett
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 16 | Number 2 | September 1989 | Pages 137-142
Technical Paper | Tritium System | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29142
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The conversion reaction of tritium gas (T2) to tritiated water was studied experimentally at initial tritium concentrations between 9.6 × 10−3 and 48 GBq · m−3 (2.6 × 10−4 and 1.3 Ci · m−3) in air. Effects of water vapor and catalysts on the conversion reaction were also examined. Stainless steel, copper, paint, and platinum black were used as potential catalytic surfaces. First-order rate constants for the reaction in air are found to be independent of initial tritium concentration, and there is no effect from water vapor on the reaction. The conversion is insensitive to the presence or absence of stainless steel and copper. Paint sorbs T2 and HTO, but the latter is desorbed from the paint by heating. Platinum black produces the expected increase in the rate of reaction.