Single fluid molten salt nuclear breeder reactor
Abstract
Abstract A MOLTEN-SALT-FUELED GRAPHITE-MODERATED NUCLEAR BREEDER REACTOR CHARACTERIZED BY A SINGLE SALT MIXTURE CONTAINING BOTH FISSILE AND FERTILE MATERIAL WHICH SERVES AS BOTH FUEL AND BLANKET FLUID. THE REACTOR IS DIVIDED INTO CORE AND THE BLANKET REGIONS WHICH ARE DISTINGUISHED BY THE DEGREE OF NEUTRON MODERATION PROVIDED THEREIN. THE DEGREE OF NEUTRON MODERATION IN THE CORE AND BLANKET REGIONS MAY BE VARIED BY VARYING THE VOLUME FRACTION OF SALT MIXTURE PRESENT IN THE EACH REGION, BY VARYING THE DENSITY OF THE GRAPHITE MODERATOR IN EACH REGION, OR BY A COMBINATION OF THE TWO METHODS. THE COMPOSITION OF THE SALT MIXTURE AND THE NEUTRON MODERATION PROVIDED IN EACH REGION ARE SELECTED SO THAT NEUTRON ADSORPTION BY THE FISSILE MATERIAL PREDOMINATES IN THE CORE AND ABSORPTION OF NEUTRONS BY THE FERTILE MATERIAL PREDOMINATES IN THE BLANKET REGION.
Inventors
- 👤 A Perry
- 👤 O Smith
- 👤 E Bettis
- 👤 H Macpherson
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