Design of Instrumentation for Noble Gas Transport in LSTL Needed for Model Development
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Development of molten salt reactors (MSRs) requires consideration of several physical phenomena that are different from the light water reactor (LWR) experience. While small-scale tests have been performed to understand the behavior of molten salts, the scale-up to larger experiments is an important step in the development of MSR designs. These small-scale experiments have given information on the thermodynamic state of the heat transport fluid and its constituents, thermophysical properties, convective flow, and corrosion. As detailed models have been developed, using these models to simulate larger scale experiments must incorporate physics that becomes important during scale-up, temperature inhomogeneities, complex flow behavior, and two-phase flow. The purpose of the work package has been to link experimental and modeling efforts in the support of licensing development to design and evaluate technologies to mitigate radionuclide release from MSRs. There were two main activities in this work package—one investigating fission product transport into the cover gas and the other on fission gas transport in the molten salt.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 2311302
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM--2023/3138
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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