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Molten salt research is focus of ANS local section presentation
The American Nuclear Society’s Chicago–Great Lakes Local Section hosted a presentation on February 27 on developments at the molten salt research reactor at Abilene Christian University’s Nuclear Energy Experimental Testing (NEXT) Lab.
A recording of the presentation is available on the ANS website.
N. R. Chellew, G. A. Bennett, V. G. Trice
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 9 | Number 1 | January 1961 | Pages 64-70
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25867
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Melt refining of synthetic EBR-II alloy in oxide crucibles at temperatures between 1200 and 1400°C under an inert atmosphere resulted in a separation of rare earth elements, yttrium, and alkaline earth elements from ingot fractions. The rate of cerium removal is shown to behave as a first-order reaction. Cesium is quantitatively volatilized from highly irradiated uranium fuels refined at 1200°C for 4 hr.
