LIQUID METAL FUEL REACTOR EXPERIMENT. THE EFFECT OF SLURRY INHOMOGENEITY ON NUCLEAR STABILITY OF LIQUID METAL FUEL REACTORS
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4209865
The two slurries being considered for LMFR use are thorium bismuthide, partially soluble in bismuth, and slurries insoluble in bismuth, such as ThO/sub 2/, ThC, or ThF/sub 4/. With an insoluble slurry, the slurry particles may be composed of a single solid phase, the mixed Th and U compounds being in solid solution. These questions were investigated for the one- or two-region LMFR, using either a soluble or insoluble slurry: What happens when the slurry concentration increases or decreases in the core or blanket region? Will a choice of suitable initial operating conditions and/or choice of slurry materials compensate for these variations? Results of the investigation are reported. (W.L.H.)
- Research Organization:
- Babcock and Wilcox Co. Atomic Energy Div., Lynchburg, Va.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-002201
- OSTI ID:
- 4209865
- Report Number(s):
- BAW-1142
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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