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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Molten salt reactor"”.
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Conceptual design of a breed & burn molten salt reactor
A breed-and-burn molten salt reactor (BBMSR) concept is proposed to address the Generation IV fuel cycle sustainability objective in a once-through cycle with low enrichment and no reprocessing. The BBMSR uses separate fuel and coolant molten salts, with the fuel contained in assemblies of …
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Design of experimental systems for a liquid-fueled molten salt reactor
Molten salt reactors (MSR’s) represent the next step in the production of nuclear power through neutron fission. They provide inherent benefits over solid fueled reactors through the use of liquid salts as a working fluid. The reactor pressure can be kept low and temperature high, leading to …
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Advancements in moltres for time-dependent multiphysics molten salt reactor modeling
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Advancement and verification of Moltres for molten salt reactor safety analysis
Molten salt reactors, a class of advanced nuclear reactors, promise numerous improvements over the current fleet of largely light-water reactors. As the world continues its transition towards low-carbon electricity generation to combat climate change, building molten salt reactors is a potential …
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Development of a Minichannel Compact Primary Heat Exchanger for a Molten Salt Reactor
The first Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) was designed and tested at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the 1960's, but recent technological advancements now allow for new components, such as heat exchangers, to be created for the next generation of MSR's and molten salt-cooled reactors. The primary …
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Simulation and analysis of xenon removal system through gas sparging in molten salt reactor
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Investigation of performance of an ultrasonic flow meter for potential molten salt reactor applications
Molten salts for nuclear reactor applications are not a new idea, as these were investigated at Oak Ridge National Lab in the 1960s. However, the past decade or so has seen a large increase in the interest of these, with a variety of designs proposed. The high volumetric heat capacity is of great …
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Impact of thorium based molten salt reactor on the closure of the nuclear fuel cycle
<p>"Molten salt reactor (MSR) is one of six reactors selected by the Generation IV International Forum (GIF). The liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) is a MSR concept based on thorium fuel cycle. LFTR uses liquid fluoride salts as a nuclear fuel. It uses <sup>232</sup>Th and <sup>233</sup>U as …
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Quantifying the adhesion of noble metal foulants on structural materials in a Molten Salt Reactor
As discovered during the Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) Experiment (MSRE), selected fission products deposited on the wetted surfaces throughout the reactor. Fission products such as molybdenum and ruthenium are noble with respect to the electrochemical potential of the fluoride fuel salt and therefore …
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Validation of a multiphase CFD model with mass transfer for xenon removal in molten salt reactor
Among the distinguishing features of molten salt reactors, the possibility of online fuel processing is especially promising. With removal of unfavorable fission products, the molten salt reactor could act as an effective converter reactor and could possibly operate in a load-following manner. The …
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Development of multi-physics capabilities in coupling computational fluid dynamics and thermodynamics for molten salt reactor applications
Existing knowledge gaps in Molten Salt Reactors (MSR), such as understanding fuel salt chemistry and fission product retention, require rigorous investigations to support reactor safety. The objective of this work was to develop a novel computational toolset tailored for multi-physics simulations …
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Neutronics and thermal-hydraulics analysis of transatomic power molten salt reactor (TAP MSR) core under load following operations
… behavior of the Transatomic Power Molten Salt Reactor (TAP MSR) core under load-following operations using a Monte Carlo code, Serpent 2, as well as a UIUC-developed MOOSE-based code, Moltres. A simulation method was developed to determine the operational bounds of the TAP MSR core …
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Experimental investigations of thermodynamic properties of the LiF –CsF binary system and FliNaK
… IV nuclear power technologies, including various molten salt reactor designs are considered to accommodate growing energy needs with minimal impact on the environment. The development of the molten salt reactor class highly depends on understanding molten fluoride salt physicochemical properties, …
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Large-eddy simulations of recirculation zones in channel-type molten salt reactors
… policymakers are considering advanced nuclear reactors as a potential source of clean base-load energy. Once such family of reactor designs is called the Molten Salt Reactor, which has been successfully demonstrated experimentally during the operation of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment(MSRE) …
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Simulation of Irradiation of a Molten Salt Loop at the MIT Reactor
Over the past decade or so, molten salt reactors (MSR) have gained a lot of interest within the nuclear energy community, with two of the ten reactor designs supported by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Reactor Development Program being MSRs. Commercializing MSR technology requires new …
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Developing a framework for thermodynamic measurements of fluoride salt nuclear fuel
… as a primary coolant and a nuclear fuel, molten salt reactor development has been challenged with understanding the behavior of its complex fluoride solution under various conditions. Experimental thermodynamics can address part of this challenge by providing insights into the system’s …
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One-dimensional single phase natural circulation model of FLiNaK in Molten Salt Loop
This work studied a coolant for a molten salt type reactor in terms of a natural circulation behavior. A natural circulation model using MATLAB was developed. This model is for the Molten Salt Loop currently under development at University of Ontario Institute of Technology to investigate aging …
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Reconsideration of Inherent Neutron Sources in Liquid Fuel of Molten Salt Reactors
… sources from alpha-n and gamma-n reactions in molten fluoride fuel salts using current gamma-n and alpha-n cross-sections and codes where possible. Original inherent neutron source was calculated for Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) in 1959 using then-determined alpha-n cross-sections and …
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Design and Testing of a Bubble Generator for Molten Salt Surrogate Fluid
… intended for use in studying bubble dynamics in molten salt reactors using a room temperature surrogate fluid by matching the Reynolds number, Eötvös number, and Morton number defined by the properties of the helium bubbles in the pump bowl of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE). The …
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Fuel cycle transition simulation capabilities in CYCLUS
Recent interest in advanced reactors and the following need for techno-economic transitions has increased the demand for tools necessary to model complex nuclear fuel cycles (NFCs) and advanced reactor technologies. This thesis demonstrates the capability of CYCLUS , the agent-based fuel cycle …
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