Print Email Facebook Twitter Vaporization behaviour of a PuF3-containing fuel mixture for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor Title Vaporization behaviour of a PuF3-containing fuel mixture for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor Author Tosolin, A. (European Commission Joint Research Centre; Politecnico di Milano) Colle, J. Y. (European Commission Joint Research Centre) Mastromarino, S. (TU Delft RST/Reactor Physics and Nuclear Materials; European Commission Joint Research Centre) Souček, P. (European Commission Joint Research Centre) Luzzi, L. (Politecnico di Milano) Konings, R. (TU Delft RST/Reactor Physics and Nuclear Materials; European Commission Joint Research Centre) Beneš, O. (European Commission Joint Research Centre) Date 2019 Abstract The mixture LiF-ThF4-UF4-PuF3 (77.5–6.6-12.3–3.6 mol%), a fuel option for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR), has been measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) for determination of phase transitions, and by Knudsen effusion mass spectrometry (KEMS) for measurement of partial vapour pressures. The boiling point of the mixture was determined by extrapolation of total vapour pressure to 1 bar. Thermodynamic calculations were performed and compared with the experimental results. Novel experimental data on pure plutonium trifluoride are presented: melting point, vaporization enthalpy, vapour pressure and ionization energies by electron impact. Subject Fluoride fuelKnudsen effusion mass spectrometryMolten salt reactorPlutonium trifluorideVapour pressure To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:389f9960-8da1-4355-a636-2d7ed3392dc9 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151780 ISSN 0022-3115 Source Journal of Nuclear Materials, 527 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2019 A. Tosolin, J. Y. Colle, S. Mastromarino, P. Souček, L. Luzzi, R. Konings, O. Beneš Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0022311519308293_main.pdf 1.2 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:389f9960-8da1-4355-a636-2d7ed3392dc9/datastream/OBJ/view