Systems and methods for fast molten salt reactor fuel-salt preparation

A system for use in processing uranium into molten salt reactor fuel, the system comprising:

• means for feeding uranium to a halide forming process, wherein the halide includes at least one of chloride, bromide, and iodide, and processing the uranium into halide salt by reacting the spent nuclear fuel with at least one of anhydrous hydrogen halide and metal hydride in an oxide reduction tank;
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• means for halogenating the uranium in a halide salt solution comprised of a bath of selected metal hydride salts.

A method for use in processing spent nuclear fuel having uranium, fission product waste, and actinide constituents into molten salt reactor fuel, the method comprising:

• immersing the spent nuclear fuel in a molten chloride salt bath;
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• converting the spent nuclear fuel immersed in the molten chloride salt bath into a chloride salt fuel for a molten salt reactor, without chemically separating the fission product waste and actinide constituents from the spent nuclear fuel.

A system for use in processing spent nuclear fuel having uranium, fission product waste, and actinide constituents into molten salt reactor fuel, the system comprising:

• a molten chloride salt bath;
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• means for immersing the spent nuclear fuel in the molten chloride salt bath and for converting the spent nuclear fuel into a chloride salt fuel for a molten salt reactor, without chemically separating the fission product waste and actinide constituents from the spent nuclear fuel.

A system for use in processing uranium into molten salt reactor fuel, the system comprising:

• means for feeding the uranium to a halide forming process, wherein the halide includes at least one of chloride, bromide, and iodide, and processing the uranium into halide salt by reacting the uranium with at least one of anhydrous hydrogen halide and metal hydride in an oxide reduction tank;
• and
• means for halogenation of the uranium in a halide salt solution comprised of a bath of selected metal hydride salts.