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Texas A&M welcomes uranium conversion research
The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) has signed a research agreement with Quantum Leap Energy (QLE) “to advance and de-risk the commercial production of high-purity uranium hexafluoride (UF6).”
QLE is an Austin, Texas–based subsidiary of ASP Isotopes (ASPI), which is developing an isotope enrichment platform for applications in nuclear energy, nuclear medicine, and semiconductors. QLE specializes in the uranium conversion step of the nuclear fuel cycle—the conversion of yellowcake uranium concentrate (U3O8) into UF6 prior to enrichment.
Youshi Zeng, Wenguan Liu, Wei Liu, Guanghua Wang, Yuan Qian, Nan Qian, Xiaoling Wu, Yu Huang, Shengwei Wu
Nuclear Technology | Volume 205 | Number 4 | April 2019 | Pages 582-591
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2018.1507200
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In the Thorium-Based Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR), tritium is produced at a high rate, which results in huge difficulties regarding tritium control. Tritium distributions in a 2-MW liquid-fueled molten salt experimental reactor (TMSR-LF1) were simulated with the TMSR–Tritium Transport Analysis Code (TTAC) (TMSR-TTAC) that was developed for analysis of tritium behaviors in the TMSR. The simulation for normal operation showed that about 60% of the tritium would permeate through the metal walls of the system, 25% of the tritium was removed by the purge gas system, and 15% of the tritium was absorbed on the core graphite. In addition, the effects on tritium distribution of the chemical-redox potential in fuel salt, the tritium permeation behavior through the metal walls, and various tritium removal methods in the TMSR-LF1 have also been simulated. The simulation results based on those conditions are analyzed in this paper to improve the knowledge of tritium behavior in the TMSR-LF1 and to provide reliable methods and strategies for tritium control in the TMSR system.