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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.
John T. Gill, Daniel B. Hawkins, Clifford L. Renschler
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 325-329
Safety; Measurement and Accountability; Operation and Maintenance; Application | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29765
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Zeolite-based tritium lamps are a possible alternative to traditional tritium gas tube light sources. Rare earth luminescing centers may be ion-exchanged into zeolite matrices. Close proximity of tritium atoms to the rare earths can be provided by highly tritiated water sorbed within the pore structure of the zeolite aluminosilicate matrix. Zeolites are optically clear and radiation stable. Light outputs up to 2 W/cm2, with good stability, are shown here for tritiated water-loaded zeolites. Procedures for obtaining light sources are presented and results are discussed. The possible use of these luminescent materials as process monitors for the tritium content of zeolite absorption columns is also proposed.