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Physical properties of KCl-UCl3 molten salts as potential fuels for molten salt reactors
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2023 Passive molten salt reactors are receiving a significant amount of research attention for their inherent safety. While KCl-UCl 3 exhibit high UCl 3 loading of 53 mol% at the eutectic composition, their physical properties remain largely unexplored for ...
Hyeonwoo Kim +5 more
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Depletion-driven thermochemistry of molten salt reactors: review, method, and analysis
Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering, 2023 Molten salt reactors (MSRs) are innovative advanced nuclear reactors that utilize nuclear fuel by dissolving it in a high-temperature liquid salt. This unique feature differentiates MSRs from other types of reactors and allows for enhanced safety and ...
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International Journal of Energy Research, 2023 Once-through molten salt reactors have the advantages of easy availability of fuel, nuclear nonproliferation, and low technical difficulty. It is expected to be the earliest commercial molten salt reactor fuel cycle mode.
Changqing Yu +4 more
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He jishu, 2021 BackgroundMolten salt reactor (MSR), a candidate of the Generation IV reactors, has the advantages of inherent safety and good neutron economy. The circulation flow of fuel, on-line refueling and reprocessing are the three features of liquid fuel in MSR.
YU Kaicheng, CHENG Maosong, DAI Zhimin
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Design and analysis of a heat-pipe molten salt reactor tower thermal power generation system
He jishu, 2023 BackgroundMolten salt reactors, one of the important types of fourth-generation advanced reactors, use high-boiling-point molten salt as a nuclear fuel carrier after melting, hence have the characteristics of high-temperature output and normal-pressure ...
ZHANG Lei +3 more
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International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 2021 Sustainable development requires sustainable energy sources. Nuclear energy is proposed, but it is perceived as problematic in terms of proliferation, waste, safety and costs.
J. Emblemsvåg
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A Review of Molten Salt Reactor Multi-Physics Coupling Models and Development Prospects
Energies, 2022 Molten salt reactors (MSRs) are one type of GEN-IV advanced reactors that adopt melt mixtures of heavy metal elements and molten salt as both fuel and coolant.
Jianhui Wu +7 more
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Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022 The design of molten salt reactor has high-temperature pipes penetrating the walls of reactor cavity, the working temperature of which is about 530 K higher than the ordinary concrete wall. The insulation of high-temperature pipes is important to prevent
Yang Yang +3 more
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A new structure design to extend graphite assembly lifespan in small modular molten salt reactors
International Journal of Energy Research, 2021 Dimensional change of the graphite assemblies due to irradiation is a key factor in limiting the service lifespan of the reactor core in small modular molten salt reactors.
Yong Wang +7 more
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, 2021 A new approach is proposed to evaluate the safety of molten-salt reactors (MSRs), using advanced modeling and simulation (M&S) tools. This approach augments the Monitoring and Inspection (M&I) concept for fuel qualification by enabling computation of the
A. Abou-Jaoude +8 more
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