Fuel Cycle and Nuclear Technology Seminars for DOE/NE – Molten Salt Reactors

Technical Report · Fri Mar 31 04:00:00 EDT 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1483692· OSTI ID:1483692

Wigeland, R. ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

This report provides the information presented at the Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) Seminar held at DOE Headquarters in Germantown, MD on February 16, 2017. DOE/NE-43 had requested an informational seminar to provide a detailed technical background on the technology of molten salt reactors, the history of molten salt reactor development, the current status of the technologies, and the identified issues requiring R&D. To meet this need, the seminar had the following objectives: 1. Provide information specifically for DOE/NE Federal managers on the concepts, technologies, fuel cycles, and challenges associated with MSRs. - Provide a review of various MSR technologies - Domestic and international, historic and current - Describe the reasons behind the recent interest in MSR technologies - Potential advantages, disadvantages, and challenges 2. Provide a summary of the current status of MSRs and the major challenges to development and deployment. The MSR seminar consisted of a series of presentations mainly developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, reviewed and coordinated by the Fuel Cycle Options – Systems Analysis and Integration campaign to meet the seminar objectives.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Fuel Cycle Technologies (NE-5)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1483692
• Report Number(s): INL/EXT--17-41631-Rev000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
Molten Salt Reactors