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Potential advantages of molten salt reactor for merchant ship propulsion

Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 2021
Operating costs of merchant ships, related to fuel costs, has led the naval industry to search alternatives to the current technologies of propulsion power.
Luiz Gonzaga de Freitas Neto, Luciano Ondir Freire, Adimir dos Santos, Delvonei Alves de Andrade   +3 more
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Initial calculations for source term of Molten Salt Reactors

, 2021
This paper provides an overview of the current MSR design space and lists unique features of the various designs under consideration. Some general considerations for source terms calculation for Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are explained.
Alexander M. Wheeler, Vikram Singh, L. Miller, O. Chvála   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A suggested roadmap for world-wide energy resource planning and management [PDF]

, 2015
In the near future, we will need an internationally based system for worldwide planning of future energy resources and their effect on the world environment.
Boothroyd, R. G.
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Conceptual design of a dual drum-controlled space molten salt reactor (D2-SMSR): Neutron physics and thermal hydraulics

Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2023
Space nuclear reactors are becoming popular in deep space exploration owing to their advantages of high-power density and stability. Following the fourth-generation nuclear reactor technology, a conceptual design of the dual drum-controlled space molten ...
Yongnian Song, Nailiang Zhuang, Hangbin Zhao, Chen Ji, Haoyue Deng, Xiaobin Tang   +5 more
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The Thorium Molten Salt Reactor : Moving on from the MSBR [PDF]

, 2005
A re-evaluation of the Molten Salt Breeder Reactor concept has revealed problems related to its safety and to the complexity of the reprocessing considered.
A. Nuttin, C. Garzenne, C. Le Brun, D. Heuer, D. Lecarpentier, E. Liatard, E. Merle-Lucotte, E. Walle, J. Wilson, J.-M. Loiseaux, L. Mathieu, Nuttin, O. Méplan, R. Brissot, Rosenthal   +14 more
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Transmutation and Breeding Performance Analysis of Molten Chloride Salt Fast Reactor Using a Fuel Management Code with Nodal Expansion Method

Energies, 2022
The transmutation of transuranic (TRU) elements produced by pressurized water reactors (PWRs) can effectively reduce their radioactive hazards. The molten chloride salt fast reactor (MCSFR) is a type of liquid-fueled molten salt reactor (MSR) using fuel ...
Kaicheng Yu, Maosong Cheng, Xiandi Zuo, Zhimin Dai   +3 more
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XAFS analyses of molten metal fluorides [PDF]

, 2009
X-ray absorption fine structure studies of molten metal fluorides containing the materials related to nuclear engineering are intensively summarized. By using XAFS spectra data of divalent and trivalent cation metal fluorides in molten state which have ...
Adya, Ashok K., Akatsuka, Hiroshi, Matsuura, Haruaki, Okamoto, Yoshihiro, Watanabe, Sou   +4 more
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Solution of heat removal from nuclear reactors by natural convection

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2014
This paper summarizes the basis for the solution of heat removal by natural convection from both conventional nuclear reactors and reactors with fuel flowing coolant (such as reactors with molten fluoride salts MSR).The possibility of intensification of ...
Zitek Pavel, Valenta Vaclav
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Material Corrosion in Molten Fluoride Salts

International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 2018
Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) have received worldwide attention due to its favorable economics, fueled utilization and safety characteristics. The fuel and coolant of MSRs are both molten fluoride salts.
Yanli Wang, Shenghua Zhang, Xiaohong Ji, Ping Wang, Weihua Li   +4 more
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Thermal Properties of Li₂BeF₄ near Melting Point

Thermo, 2022
The LiF–BeF2 system is used as a heat transfer medium in molten salt reactors (MSRs). The thermal diffusivity of Li2BeF4 was studied using the laser flash analysis (LFA) method in solid and transition states.
Alexander Redkin, Evgeniya Il’ina, Svetalana Pershina, Peter Mushnikov, Sergey Stankus, Alibek Agazhanov, Yuriy Zaikov, Anna Kholkina, Artyem Artamonov   +8 more
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