Evaluation on 131I production based on molten salt reactor off-gas extraction

L Chen, LY He, B Zhou, GF Zhu, YH Fan, HJ Xu… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
Isotope extraction methods based on molten salt reactor off-gas treatments can provide a
new solution for the shortage of medical isotopes. Current research work involves only static …

Evaluation of 99Mo production in a small modular thorium based molten salt reactor

X Kang, G Zhu, R Yan, Y Liu, Y Zou, Y Dai… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2020 - Elsevier
Producing medical radionuclide 99 Mo in molten salt reactors is a very attractive choice to
solve its global shortage. In this study, we evaluated the yield of 99 Mo in the small modular …

Complexation of Mo in FLiNaK molten salt: insight from ab initio molecular dynamics

AD Clark, WL Lee, AR Solano… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Online extraction of fission products, such as the medical isotope Mo-99, is a key advantage
of the proposed molten salt nuclear reactor design. The chemical and structural behavior of …

The distribution and behavior of noble metal fission products (99Mo, 103Ru, 105Rh and 132Te) in molten 2LiF-BeF2 mixtures

Z Cheng, Z Zhao, J Geng, W Li, Q Dou, Q Li - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to better understand and predict the behavior of noble metal fission products in
molten salt reactor (MSR), the distributions of 99 Mo, 103 Ru, 105 Rh and 132 Te between …

Sustainable supply of 99Mo source in a 2áMW molten salt reactor using low-enriched uranium

C Yu, C Zou, C Wu, J Wu, X Cai, J Chen - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2020 - Elsevier
The 99 Mo production in a 2áMW molten salt reactor using liquid low-enriched uranium
(LEU) fuel has been evaluated. The batch-wise extraction period of 99 Mo is optimized to be …

Preliminary research on selective extraction of 99Mo from fuel salt for molten salt reactor

Y Niu, L Sun, H Fu, Q Dou, Y Qian, Q Li - Separation and Purification …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Molybdenum-99 (99 Mo) is one of the most important radionuclides for nuclear
medicine. This isotope of molybdenum is mainly produced as a result of fission and decay …

Inventory and solubility of fission products in molten lead to quantify source term in lead-cooled fast reactors

RL Fitzhugh, B Jones, AT Payne, CC Stoker… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
We have investigated the dissolution and retention of several metallic fission products and
iodine in lead coolant under conditions relevant to accident scenarios in lead-cooled fast …

[HTML][HTML] Trends and Perspectives on Nuclear Waste Management: Recovering, Recycling, and Reusing

ML Terranova, OAP Tavares - Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper focuses on the highly radioactive, long-lasting nuclear waste produced by the
currently operating fission reactors and on the sensitive issue of spent fuel reprocessing …

Structural integrity evaluation of irradiated LEU targets for the production of molybdenum-99 using thermo-mechanical behavior simulation coupled with pressure of …

N Mellel, B Mohammedi, M Salhi, M Dougdag… - Nuclear Science and …, 2022 - Springer
Irradiated low-enriched uranium as target plates is used to produce, via neutron radiation
and from the molybdenum-99 fission product, technetium-99m, which is a radio-element …

A molten salt test loop for component and instrumentation testing

TL Head, AM Berry, KJ Brewster, RL Brown… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Molten salt is an effective coolant for a wide range of applications, including nuclear
reactors, concentrated solar power, and other high temperature industrial heat transfer …