Experimental investigation and thermodynamic assessment of the BaCl₂–CeCl₃ system

The thermodynamic and thermo-physical properties of the molten salt system [Formula presented] have been investigated using an experimental and modelling approach. This molten salt system includes a single intermediate compound [Formula presented], whose structure has been investigated using X-ray and neutron diffraction. Furthermore, this...

A promising fuel for fast neutron spectrum Molten Salt Reactor: NaCl-ThCl₄-PuCl₃

Chloride salts are considered a good alternative to fluoride salts as fuel carrier in the Molten Salt Fast Reactor concepts. The NaCl–ThCl4–PuCl3 fuel salt solution seems very promising, with low melting temperature eutectic compositions, and the potential to be used in a breeder and burner type of reactor design. This work focuses on the...

Coupled structural-thermodynamic modelling of the molten salt system NaCl-UCl₃

Molten chloride salts are ionic liquids in which the anions and cations exhibit network formation. An attractive salt system for use in molten salt reactors is NaCl-UCl₃, an ionic liquid with complex non-ideal thermodynamic behaviour due to the formation of short-range order. The relationship between local structure and...