Predicting thermodynamic and thermophysical properties of molten chloride salts from ab-initio and classical molecular dynamics simulations

Technical Report · Thu Aug 12 04:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1813811· OSTI ID:1813811

Andersson, Anders David Ragnar ^[1]; Jiang, Chao ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
2. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Molten salt reactors (MSRs) are among the advanced concepts pursued under the generation IV nuclear energy technology umbrella. However, the basic concept is not new and was first developed as part of the effort to power aircrafts with nuclear energy in the 1950’s. Later in the 1960’s, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) built and operated the Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE). This reactor used a fluoride salt with uranium as fuel. Fluorides salts are still highly relevant and proposed in several designs. In addition, chloride salts are being considered for MSRs operating in the fast neutron spectrum. This report focuses on chloride salts.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
• DOE Contract Number: 89233218CNA000001
• OSTI ID: 1813811
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-21-26447
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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