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Fuel Cycle Modeling and Simulation of the Molten Salt Breeder Reactor

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OSTI ID:1410935
The purpose of this work is to perform a neutronic and fuel cycle analysis of the single-fluid Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Molten Salt Breeder Reactor (MSBR) as described in ORNL-4541 [1]. Expected design requirements and system outputs were published in this referenced report; the work described herein is focused on building a model of the core, determining the best strategy for modeling the reactor core, and ultimately implementing this modeling/analysis strategy for future research in liquid fueled reactors. Similar analyses for the MSBR using unit cell and full-core models performed using MCNP [2] showed that multiregion models can accurately represent the spectral properties of the multizone MSBR [3,4].
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1410935
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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