The present study describes the thermodynamic assessment of three pseudo-binary systems relevant to CsI solubility in molten iodide salts: KI-CsI, NaI-CsI, and NaF-CsI. The motivation for this study was to corroborate a single previously reported data set of the NaI-CsI system, resolve inconsistencies reported by two different data-sets of the KI-CsI system, and generate new experimental data on the NaF-CsI system. Equilibrium data for all systems were obtained using Differential Scanning Calorimetry. Thermodynamic treatments of the three pseudo-binary systems were revised using the CALPHAD method with the thermodynamic software FactSage and Thermochimica. Both experimental and computational investigations provide increased confidence in the thermochemical behaviour of CsI in Molten Salt Reactor nuclear systems.

This work examines the thermochemistry of the chromium difluoride CrF₂ corrosion product in the molten [Formula presented] fuel salt system. Through a combination of experimental investigations and thermodynamic modeling assessment, the study elucidates the thermodynamic properties, phase diagram equilibria, and overall thermodynamic behavior of CrF₂ corrosion product, following dissolution from a structural material to the molten salt fuel environment. In this work, two different synthesis methods were developed for pure CrF₂, further allowing to experimentally measure the phase equilibria in the [Formula presented], [Formula presented], and [Formula presented] systems. Then, thermodynamic models were developed using the CALPHAD method based on the quasichemical model in the quadruplet approximation.

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 first thermodynamic modeling assessment of the ThCl4–PuCl3 binary system and the NaCl–ThCl4–PuCl3 ternary system, using the CALPHAD (Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry) method and the quasichemical formalism in the quadruplet approximation. The investigated system shows potential for a high flexibility with respect to composition at operating temperatures, which can be beneficial to accommodate the requirements on other essential fuel properties (e.g. neutronic and thermo-hydraulic).