scholarly journals BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ROVER FUEL PROCESSING AND MOLTEN SALT FLUORIDE VOLATILITY PROCESS DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AT OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

1964 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.C. Bresee
Keyword(s):  
Molten Salt ◽  
Process Development ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Fuel Processing ◽  
Oak Ridge ◽  
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A Review of Molten Salt Reactor Xenon Analysis Literature

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Price ◽  
O. Chvala
Keyword(s):  
Molten Salt ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Molten Salt Reactor ◽  
Oak Ridge ◽  
Sensitive Dependence ◽  
Oak Ridge National Laboratory ◽  
Work Done

Abstract This paper presents a review of xenon analyses literature related to molten salt reactors (MSRs). A brief primer of reactor xenon theory is presented for fluid fueled reactors. A review of xenon analysis literature is presented for both the work done by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the later work in academia. A review of experimental work is presented. The paper concludes with describing some of the difficulties in establishing a priori xenon models and includes a commentary on the sensitive dependence of the molten salt reactor xenon behavior on the circulating void fraction.

scholarly journals First Results of In-Can Microwave Processing Experiments for Radioactive Liquid Wastes at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

1990 ◽  
Vol 189 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. White ◽  
E. L. Youngblood ◽  
J. B. Berry ◽  
A. J. Mattus
Keyword(s):  
Process Development ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Storage Container ◽  
Oak Ridge ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Oak Ridge National Laboratory ◽  
First Results ◽  
Waste Handling ◽  
Microwave Process

ABSTRACTThe Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Waste Handling and Packaging Plant is developing a microwave process to reduce and solidify remote-handled transuranic (RH-TRU) liquids and sludges presently stored in large tanks at ORNL. Testing has recently begun on an in-drum microwave process using nonradioactive RH-TRU surrogates. The microwave process development effort has focused on an in-drum process to dry the RH-TRU liquids and sludges in the final storage container and then melt the salt residues to form a solid monolith. A 1/3-scale proprietary microwave applicator was designed, fabricated, and tested to demonstrate the essential features of the microwave design and to provide input into the design of the fullscale applicator. Conductivity cell measurements suggest that the microwave energy heats near the surface of the surrogate over a wide range of temperatures. The final wasteform meets the waste acceptance criteria for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, a federal repository for defense transuranic wastes near Carlsbad, New Mexico.

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