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Deep Isolation validates its disposal canister for TRISO spent fuel
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation announced it has successfully completed Project PUCK, a government-funded initiative to demonstrate the feasibility and potential commercial readiness of its Universal Canister System (UCS) to manage TRISO spent nuclear fuel.
Carmen Varlam, Irina Vagner, Ionut Făurescu, Anisia Bornea, Denisa Făurescu, Diana Bogdan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 80 | Number 3 | May 2024 | Pages 391-398
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2230413
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The electrolysis process is essential in the water detritiation subsystem using the combined electrolytic catalytic exchange process. A special experimental program was designed to characterize a modified HOGEN H Series industrial electrolyzer. The tritium amount transferred to hydrogen gas, the water enrichment factor, and the number of hours necessary to attain a steady-state regime were parameters of primary interest in the experiments. To minimize the necessary time for a steady-state regime, the holdup of the water electrolyzer was chosen as the minimum value allowed for safe and constant parameter operation in all experiments. The stationary regime was attained after 120 h, with an enrichment factor near 5, and an amount of 18% to 19% of tritium transferred from tritium-enriched water to hydrogen gas. These parameters were obtained in all three experiments, and the modeling software of isotope separation by electrolysis confirmed the results.