skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Passive compact molten salt reactor (PCMSR), modular thermal breeder reactor with totally passive safety system

Abstract

Design Study Passive Compact Molten Salt Reactor (PCMSR) with totally passive safety system has been performed. The term of Compact in the PCMSR name means that the reactor system is designed to have relatively small volume per unit power output by using modular and integral concept. In term of modular, the reactor system consists of three modules, i.e. reactor module, turbine module and fuel management module. The reactor module is an integral design that consists of reactor, primary and intermediate heat exchangers and passive post shutdown cooling system. The turbine module is an integral design of a multi heating, multi cooling, regenerative gas turbine. The fuel management module consists of all equipments related to fuel preparation, fuel reprocessing and radioactive handling. The preliminary calculations show that the PCMSR has negative temperature and void reactivity coefficient, passive shutdown characteristic related to fuel pump failure and possibility of using natural circulation for post shutdown cooling system.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Engineering Physics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22004179
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1448; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: ICANSE 2011: 3. international conference on advances in nuclear science and engineering, Bali (Indonesia), 14-17 Nov 2011; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; DESIGN; FAILURES; FUEL MANAGEMENT; GAS TURBINES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; MOLTEN SALT REACTORS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTIVITY; REACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; REACTOR FUELING; REACTOR SAFETY; REPROCESSING; VOIDS

Citation Formats

Harto, Andang Widi. Passive compact molten salt reactor (PCMSR), modular thermal breeder reactor with totally passive safety system. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4725441.
Harto, Andang Widi. Passive compact molten salt reactor (PCMSR), modular thermal breeder reactor with totally passive safety system. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4725441
Harto, Andang Widi. 2012. "Passive compact molten salt reactor (PCMSR), modular thermal breeder reactor with totally passive safety system". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4725441.
@article{osti_22004179,
title = {Passive compact molten salt reactor (PCMSR), modular thermal breeder reactor with totally passive safety system},
author = {Harto, Andang Widi},
abstractNote = {Design Study Passive Compact Molten Salt Reactor (PCMSR) with totally passive safety system has been performed. The term of Compact in the PCMSR name means that the reactor system is designed to have relatively small volume per unit power output by using modular and integral concept. In term of modular, the reactor system consists of three modules, i.e. reactor module, turbine module and fuel management module. The reactor module is an integral design that consists of reactor, primary and intermediate heat exchangers and passive post shutdown cooling system. The turbine module is an integral design of a multi heating, multi cooling, regenerative gas turbine. The fuel management module consists of all equipments related to fuel preparation, fuel reprocessing and radioactive handling. The preliminary calculations show that the PCMSR has negative temperature and void reactivity coefficient, passive shutdown characteristic related to fuel pump failure and possibility of using natural circulation for post shutdown cooling system.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4725441},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22004179}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1448,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Wed Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}