CX-270004: Purification of Zirconium Cladding Using a Chloride Volatility Process - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas proposes to 1) investigate, by theoretical methods, the chemical form and thermochemical behavior of the chloride species produced after chlorination of Zr; 2) perform experimental characterization of the chloride species obtained after chlorination of Zr cladding; 3) investigate, under various gaseous atmospheres and in the presence of metallic reducing agents, the thermochemical behavior (volatility and reactivity) of the chloride species identified in task 2; 4) investigate, in the presence of ZrCl4, the thermal behavior of the chloride species; and 5) perform laboratory scale demonstrations of the removal of the impurity chloride species from ZrCl4 using the data obtained in task 4.