. Sorry, I missed how said page countered what you quoted. Explanation please.Munchausen wrote:No they don't. Have done some reading up on it. See page 590 in this document:Some FPs (including CsF) get distilled out.
The carrier salt gets distilled out.
The rest of the FPs remain behind in the still. Further seperation may occur.
www.energyfromthorium.com/pdf/FFR_chap12.pdf
Questions on potential cesium discharges in the LFTR
As far as it goes, Cs137 production from U233 is less than from U235 - but not significantly less.
But, by being in liquid phase to start, the Xe137 precursor to Cs137 will bubble out while liquid, and then decay in the atmospheric chamber, not in the fuel, so we should see cs137 concentrations of about 1/2 those found in solid fuel.
But a Megawatt day is a megawatt day, and every megawatt-day produces about the same mass of fission products, no matter how you get the energy.
The advantage of liquid phase stuff is that you can do chemistry with it much easier; precipitate reactions and electrorefining an be used very efficiently.
But, by being in liquid phase to start, the Xe137 precursor to Cs137 will bubble out while liquid, and then decay in the atmospheric chamber, not in the fuel, so we should see cs137 concentrations of about 1/2 those found in solid fuel.
But a Megawatt day is a megawatt day, and every megawatt-day produces about the same mass of fission products, no matter how you get the energy.
The advantage of liquid phase stuff is that you can do chemistry with it much easier; precipitate reactions and electrorefining an be used very efficiently.
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