@article{e5969ad434f44cfcb2e0b706c0940b6b,
title = "History and status of spent fuel treatment at the INL Fuel Conditioning Facility",
abstract = "Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR-II) operated from 1964 to 1994 as one of the first sodium-cooled fast reactors to use sodium-bonded metallic driver fuels and blankets. EBR-II was a testbed for fuel development and reactor design principles. Following shutdown, it was decided to use electrometallurgical methods to treat the spent fuel and blanket materials for final disposition. This paper provides a brief history of U.S. liquid metal cooled reactor development with emphasis on EBR-II, and a technical description of the electrometallurgical methods.",
keywords = "EBR-II, Electrometallurgical, Experimental breeder reactor II, Pyroprocessing, Spent fuel treatment, Uranium electrorefining",
author = "Fredrickson, {Guy L.} and Patterson, {Michael N.} and Vaden, {Dee Earl} and Galbreth, {Gregory G.} and Yoo, {Tae Sic} and Price, {J. C.} and Flynn, {Eric J.} and Searle, {Ryan N.}",
note = "Funding Information: This manuscript was authored by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, under U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE–AC07–05ID14517. The U.S. Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. Export controlled reviewed: INL/JOU-21-62982. Funding Information: The authors wish to acknowledge the many individuals, both past and present, who have contributed to the development, operation, and continuous improvement of the EBR-II spent fuel treatment program. Special thanks to the following INL researchers for providing unpublished photographs: Luca Capriotti (Fig. 2), Douglas Porter (Fig. 3), and Ken Marsden (Fig. 22). This manuscript was authored by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, under U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE–AC07–05ID14517. The U.S. Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. Export controlled reviewed: INL/JOU-21-62982. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2022",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.104037",
language = "English",
volume = "143",
journal = "Progress in Nuclear Energy",
issn = "0149-1970",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
}