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The denatured molten-salt reactor (DMSR) was an Oak Ridge theoretical design that was never built. Engel et al. 1980 said the project "examined the conceptual feasibility of a molten-salt power reactor fueled with denatured uranium-235 (i.e. with low-enriched uranium) and operated with a minimum of chemical processing."
The Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) was an experimental molten-salt reactor research reactor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This technology was researched through the 1960s, the reactor was constructed by 1964, it went critical in 1965, and was operated until 1969. [ 1 ]
Molten salts (fluoride, chloride, and nitrate) can be used as heat transfer fluids as well as for thermal storage. This thermal storage is used in concentrated solar power plants. [8] [9] Molten-salt reactors are a type of nuclear reactor that uses molten salt(s) as a coolant or as a solvent in which the fissile material is dissolved ...
The PHXs in the primary fuel loop reject heat to the primary coolant loop and are shell-and-tube heat exchangers. The PHXs are constructed of a nickel based alloy, Hastelloy N, and each has a rate of heat transfer equal to 125 MW. The primary fuel salt for the MSDR is LiF-BeF 2-ThF 4-UF 4 (71.5-16.0-12.0-0.5 mole %).
A sample of thorium. Thorium-based nuclear power generation is fueled primarily by the nuclear fission of the isotope uranium-233 produced from the fertile element thorium.A thorium fuel cycle can offer several potential advantages over a uranium fuel cycle [Note 1] —including the much greater abundance of thorium found on Earth, superior physical and nuclear fuel properties, and reduced ...
The SF0 has two liquid FLiNaK heat transport loops. [10] The liquid fuel ("LF") design is based on the 1960s Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US. [11] The site selected for the TMSR-LF1 is part of an industrial park [12] in a sparsely populated, arid region. [location note] Site construction began in 2018. [7]
The IMSR design is used for a variety of heat demand applications, ranging from power generation to cogeneration, or process-heat only. The integral molten salt reactor (IMSR) is a nuclear power plant design targeted at developing a commercial product for the small modular reactor (SMR) market.
A cutout of a stable salt reactor core. The stable salt reactor (SSR) is a nuclear reactor design under development by Moltex Energy Canada Inc. [1] and its subsidiary Moltex Energy USA LLC, based in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, as well as MoltexFLEX Ltd., based in the United Kingdom.