WO2013166505A3 - LITHIUM TRITIDE (LiT) ELECTROLYSIS CELL FOR REMOVING TRITIUM FROM LITHIUM METAL - Google Patents

LITHIUM TRITIDE (LiT) ELECTROLYSIS CELL FOR REMOVING TRITIUM FROM LITHIUM METAL Download PDF

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WO2013166505A3
WO2013166505A3 PCT/US2013/039750 US2013039750W WO2013166505A3 WO 2013166505 A3 WO2013166505 A3 WO 2013166505A3 US 2013039750 W US2013039750 W US 2013039750W WO 2013166505 A3 WO2013166505 A3 WO 2013166505A3
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lithium
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tritide
electrolysis cell
lithium metal
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Joseph C. Farmer
Michael Dunne
Bassem S. EL-DASHER
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Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21G—CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
    • G21G1/00—Arrangements for converting chemical elements by electromagnetic radiation, corpuscular radiation or particle bombardment, e.g. producing radioactive isotopes
    • G21G1/001—Recovery of specific isotopes from irradiated targets
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F9/00—Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor
    • G21F9/28—Treating solids
    • G21F9/30—Processing
    • G21F9/308—Processing by melting the waste
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21G—CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
    • G21G1/00—Arrangements for converting chemical elements by electromagnetic radiation, corpuscular radiation or particle bombardment, e.g. producing radioactive isotopes
    • G21G1/001—Recovery of specific isotopes from irradiated targets
    • G21G2001/0094—Other isotopes not provided for in the groups listed above

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Lithium hydroxide (LiOH) can be used as solvent for extracting lithium tritide from molten lithium metal, such as that found in a lithium blanket of a nuclear fusion reactor. Use of LiOH avoids the problems of generation of acids, particularly of HF, by the prior art process. Electrochemical cells for electrolyzing LiT are provided with suitably high anode and cathode areas or suitably long flow paths, which have been found to be required for superior operation.
PCT/US2013/039750 2012-05-04 2013-05-06 LITHIUM TRITIDE (LiT) ELECTROLYSIS CELL FOR REMOVING TRITIUM FROM LITHIUM METAL WO2013166505A2 (en)

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US5154878A (en) * 1990-04-30 1992-10-13 Anthony Busigin Process and apparatus for tritium recovery
US20030058980A1 (en) * 2000-10-31 2003-03-27 El-Sharaway El-Badawy A. Method and apparatus for the transmutation of nuclear waste with tandem production of tritium
US20040007466A1 (en) * 2002-03-28 2004-01-15 Seo Chung Seok Method of reducing spent oxide nuclear fuel into nuclear-fuel metal using LiCl-Li2O salt, cathode electrode assembly used in the method, and reduction device including the assembly
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