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Title: Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor Technology Development and Demonstration Roadmap

Abstract

Fluoride salt-cooled High-temperature Reactors (FHRs) are an emerging reactor class with potentially advantageous performance characteristics, and fully passive safety. This roadmap describes the principal remaining FHR technology challenges and the development path needed to address the challenges. This roadmap also provides an integrated overview of the current status of the broad set of technologies necessary to design, evaluate, license, construct, operate, and maintain FHRs. First-generation FHRs will not require any technology breakthroughs, but do require significant concept development, system integration, and technology maturation. FHRs are currently entering early phase engineering development. As such, this roadmap is not as technically detailed or specific as would be the case for a more mature reactor class. The higher cost of fuel and coolant, the lack of an approved licensing framework, the lack of qualified, salt-compatible structural materials, and the potential for tritium release into the environment are the most obvious issues that remain to be resolved.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. ORNL
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1107839
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-2013/401
RC0405000; NERC008
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Holcomb, David Eugene, Flanagan, George F, Mays, Gary T, Pointer, William David, Robb, Kevin R, and Yoder, Jr, Graydon L. Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor Technology Development and Demonstration Roadmap. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.2172/1107839.
Holcomb, David Eugene, Flanagan, George F, Mays, Gary T, Pointer, William David, Robb, Kevin R, & Yoder, Jr, Graydon L. Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor Technology Development and Demonstration Roadmap. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1107839
Holcomb, David Eugene, Flanagan, George F, Mays, Gary T, Pointer, William David, Robb, Kevin R, and Yoder, Jr, Graydon L. 2013. "Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor Technology Development and Demonstration Roadmap". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1107839. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1107839.
@article{osti_1107839,
title = {Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor Technology Development and Demonstration Roadmap},
author = {Holcomb, David Eugene and Flanagan, George F and Mays, Gary T and Pointer, William David and Robb, Kevin R and Yoder, Jr, Graydon L},
abstractNote = {Fluoride salt-cooled High-temperature Reactors (FHRs) are an emerging reactor class with potentially advantageous performance characteristics, and fully passive safety. This roadmap describes the principal remaining FHR technology challenges and the development path needed to address the challenges. This roadmap also provides an integrated overview of the current status of the broad set of technologies necessary to design, evaluate, license, construct, operate, and maintain FHRs. First-generation FHRs will not require any technology breakthroughs, but do require significant concept development, system integration, and technology maturation. FHRs are currently entering early phase engineering development. As such, this roadmap is not as technically detailed or specific as would be the case for a more mature reactor class. The higher cost of fuel and coolant, the lack of an approved licensing framework, the lack of qualified, salt-compatible structural materials, and the potential for tritium release into the environment are the most obvious issues that remain to be resolved.},
doi = {10.2172/1107839},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1107839}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
}