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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.
Masabumi Nishikawa, Toshiharu Takeishi, Yoshinori Kawamura, Yuji Takagi, Yuzuru Matsumoto
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 878-882
Material; Storage and Processing | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29860
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The behavior of tritium on the surface of various piping materials is discussed considering the various mass transfer steps. It is observed in this study that the isotope exchange reaction between gaseous hydrogen in gas stream and surface water and transfer of hydrogen isotopes and water through surface layer formed on materials or pores are most effective when an oxide film layer is formed on a material surface such as stainless steel. The amount of tritium sorbed on the stainless steel is correlated and compared with that observed for copper or quartz. The memory effect observed for an ionization chamber having stainless steel electrodes is also compared with that having copper electrodes.
