About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Seaborg Institutes: Emerging Topics in Actinide Materials and Science
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| Presentation Title |
Methodology and Density of PuCl<sub>3</sub>-NaCl Mixtures |
| Author(s) |
Michael Woods, Toni Karlsson, Ruchi Gakhar |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Michael Woods |
| Abstract Scope |
The development of molten salt reactors and their associated components demands reliable and accurate thermophysical property data for design and validation. A candidate fuel salt, PuCl<sub>3</sub>-NaCl (36 mol% PuCl<sub>3</sub>) has been synthesized and studied at the Idaho National Laboratory. This study has determined the density of PuCl<sub>3</sub>-NaCl at multiple compositions and temperatures, providing data for validation of modeling efforts and making improvements on the buoyancy method for density measurements of actinide-bearing molten salts. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |