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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
David E. Holcomb, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Dane F. Wilson, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/307 (2006.01); G21C 3/54 (2006.01); G21G 1/00 (2006.01); G21F 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/307 (2013.01); G21C 3/54 (2013.01); G21F 9/06 (2013.01); G21G 1/001 (2013.01); G21G 2001/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of stripping tritium from flowing stream of molten salt includes providing a tritium-separating membrane structure having a porous support, a nanoporous structural metal-ion diffusion barrier layer, and a gas-tight, nonporous palladium-bearing separative layer, directing the flowing stream of molten salt into contact with the palladium-bearing layer so that tritium contained within the molten salt is transported through the tritium-separating membrane structure, and contacting a sweep gas with the porous support for collecting the tritium.