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@article{podila_cfd_2019,
title = {{CFD} {Simulations} of {Molten} {Salt} {Reactor} {Experiment} {Core}},
volume = {193},
issn = {0029-5639},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2019.1627177},
doi = {10.1080/00295639.2019.1627177},
abstract = {At present, no clear guidelines exist for modeling non-water-cooled small modular reactors (SMRs) despite the rising need for high-fidelity simulation tools to support regulators and the industry. Most SMR concepts currently under the Canadian prelicensing review adopted non-water-cooled–reactor technologies [molten salt reactor (MSR), gas-cooled reactor, and liquid metal–cooled reactor] that are new for Canada. There is a need for a modeling tool set that is broadly applicable for the assessment of advanced technologies used in SMRs. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can be used in performance evaluation and safety analysis of non-water-cooled SMRs for modeling three-dimensional (3-D) fluid flow and heat transfer in geometries of arbitrary complexity without resorting to geometry-specific empirical correlations. This study investigates the capabilities of existing models within a commercial CFD code to simulate the flow and heat transfer characteristics in a MSR configuration. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) configuration was simulated in this study using a stand-alone CFD approach, and CFD predictions were assessed with ORNL data. Intricate geometry details within the MSRE core were included in the computational model to study the associated geometric effects. The results obtained in this study showcased the ability of CFD to predict 3-D effects within the computational domain especially at the lower plenums. The predicted trends for the temperature rise in the fuel and moderator within the core were in good agreement with the ORNL data. The results presented in this paper constitute the first step in developing Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ capability for CFD modeling of non-water SMRs.},
number = {12},
urldate = {2022-01-21},
journal = {Nuclear Science and Engineering},
author = {Podila, Krishna and Chen, Qi and Rao, Yanfei},
month = dec,
year = {2019},
note = {Publisher: Taylor \& Francis
\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2019.1627177},
keywords = {Computational fluid dynamics, molten salt, Molten Salt Reactor Experiment, simulation, small modular reactor},
pages = {1379--1393},
file = {Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\VT8J9AME\\Podila et al. - 2019 - CFD Simulations of Molten Salt Reactor Experiment .pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\U57KPW8L\\00295639.2019.html:text/html},
}
@article{zhiyin_large-eddy_2015,
title = {Large-eddy simulation: {Past}, present and the future},
volume = {28},
issn = {1000-9361},
shorttitle = {Large-eddy simulation},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1000936114002064},
doi = {10.1016/j.cja.2014.12.007},
abstract = {Large-eddy simulation (LES) was originally proposed for simulating atmospheric flows in the 1960s and has become one of the most promising and successful methodology for simulating turbulent flows with the improvement of computing power. It is now feasible to simulate complex engineering flows using LES. However, apart from the computing power, significant challenges still remain for LES to reach a level of maturity that brings this approach to the mainstream of engineering and industrial computations. This paper will describe briefly LES formalism first, present a quick glance at its history, review its current state focusing mainly on its applications in transitional flows and gas turbine combustor flows, discuss some major modelling and numerical challenges/issues that we are facing now and in the near future, and finish with the concluding remarks.},
language = {en},
number = {1},
urldate = {2022-01-21},
journal = {Chinese Journal of Aeronautics},
author = {Zhiyin, Yang},
month = feb,
year = {2015},
keywords = {Gas turbine combustor, Inflow boundary condition generation methods, Large-eddy simulation (LES), Sub-grid scale (SGS) model, Turbulent flows},
pages = {11--24},
file = {Accepted Version:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\TPZKAAN5\\Zhiyin - 2015 - Large-eddy simulation Past, present and the futur.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\KHB626M9\\S1000936114002064.html:text/html},
}
@incollection{baldwin_thin-layer_1978,
series = {Aerospace {Sciences} {Meetings}},
title = {Thin-layer approximation and algebraic model for separated turbulentflows},
url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.1978-257},
urldate = {2022-01-20},
booktitle = {16th {Aerospace} {Sciences} {Meeting}},
publisher = {American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics},
author = {Baldwin, B. and Lomax, H.},
month = jan,
year = {1978},
doi = {10.2514/6.1978-257},
keywords = {Astronautics, Boundary Layer Thickness, Coefficient of Viscosity, Drag Coefficient, Eddy Viscosity Turbulence Models, Law of the Wall, Lift Coefficient, Navier Stokes Equations, Separated Flows, Skin Friction},
}
@book{smith_numerical_1967,
address = {Long Beach, Calif.},
title = {Numerical solution of the turbulent-boundary-layer equations},
language = {English},
publisher = {Douglas Aircraft Co., Douglas Aircraft Division},
author = {Smith, A. M. O and Cebeci, Tuncer},
year = {1967},
note = {OCLC: 71377127},
}
@article{prandtl_7_1925,
title = {7. {Bericht} über {Untersuchungen} zur ausgebildeten {Turbulenz}},
volume = {5},
issn = {1521-4001},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/zamm.19250050212},
doi = {10.1002/zamm.19250050212},
language = {en},
number = {2},
urldate = {2022-01-20},
journal = {ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik},
author = {Prandtl, L.},
year = {1925},
note = {\_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/zamm.19250050212},
pages = {136--139},
file = {Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\FL28EJUE\\Prandtl - 1925 - 7. Bericht über Untersuchungen zur ausgebildeten T.pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\XKS5CTNK\\zamm.html:text/html},
}
@book{rodi_turbulence_2017,
address = {London},
edition = {3},
title = {Turbulence {Models} and {Their} {Application} in {Hydraulics}: {A} state-of-the-art review},
isbn = {978-0-203-73489-6},
shorttitle = {Turbulence {Models} and {Their} {Application} in {Hydraulics}},
abstract = {This book provides an introduction to the subject of turbulence modelling in a form easy to understand for anybody with a basic background in fluid mechanics, and it summarizes the present state of the art. Individual models are described and examined for the merits and demerits which range from the simple Prandtl mixing length theory to complex second order closure schemes.},
publisher = {Routledge},
editor = {Rodi, Wolfgang},
month = oct,
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1201/9780203734896},
file = {Rodi - 2017 - Turbulence Models and Their Application in Hydraul.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\DM6N4PAH\\Rodi - 2017 - Turbulence Models and Their Application in Hydraul.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@article{lasher_computation_1992,
title = {On the computation of turbulent backstep flow},
volume = {13},
issn = {0142727X},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0142727X9290057G},
doi = {10.1016/0142-727X(92)90057-G},
language = {en},
number = {1},
urldate = {2022-01-18},
journal = {International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow},
author = {Lasher, William C. and Taulbee, Dale B.},
month = mar,
year = {1992},
pages = {30--40},
file = {Lasher and Taulbee - 1992 - On the computation of turbulent backstep flow.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\GB78FQQG\\Lasher and Taulbee - 1992 - On the computation of turbulent backstep flow.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@article{driver_features_1985,
title = {Features of a reattaching turbulent shear layer in divergent channelflow},
volume = {23},
issn = {0001-1452, 1533-385X},
url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/3.8890},
doi = {10.2514/3.8890},
language = {en},
number = {2},
urldate = {2022-01-17},
journal = {AIAA Journal},
author = {Driver, David M. and Seegmiller, H. Lee},
month = feb,
year = {1985},
pages = {163--171},
file = {Driver and Seegmiller - 1985 - Features of a reattaching turbulent shear layer in.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\Z9UNHGAV\\Driver and Seegmiller - 1985 - Features of a reattaching turbulent shear layer in.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@patent{leblanc_integral_2015,
title = {Integral molten salt reactor},
url = {http://www.google.com/patents/WO2015017928A1},
abstract = {Abstract: The present relates to the integration of the primary functional elements of graphite moderator and reactor vessel and/or primary heat exchangers and/or control rods into an integral molten salt nuclear reactor (IMSR). Once the design life of the IMSR is reached, for example, in the range of 3 to 10 years, it is disconnected, removed and replaced as a unit. The spent IMSR functions as the medium or long term storage of the radioactive graphite and/or heat exchangers and/or control rods and/or fuel salt contained in the vessel of the IMSR. The present also relates to a nuclear reactor that has a buffer salt surrounding the nuclear vessel. During normal operation of the nuclear reactor, the nuclear reactor operates at a temperature that is lower than the melting point of the buffer salt and the buffer salt acts as a thermal insulator. Upon loss of external cooling, the temperature of the nuclear reactor increases and melts the buffer salt, which can then transfer heat from the nuclear core to a cooled containment vessel.},
assignee = {Terrestrial Energy Inc.},
number = {WO2015017928 A1},
urldate = {2017-05-11},
author = {LeBlanc, David},
month = feb,
year = {2015},
}
@article{brovchenko_neutronic_2019,
title = {Neutronic benchmark of the molten salt fast reactor in the frame of the {EVOL} and {MARS} collaborative projects},
volume = {5},
copyright = {© M. Brovchenko et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2019},
issn = {2491-9292},
url = {https://www.epj-n.org/articles/epjn/abs/2019/01/epjn180012/epjn180012.html},
doi = {10.1051/epjn/2018052},
abstract = {This paper describes the neutronic benchmarks and the results obtained by the various participants of the FP7 project EVOL and the ROSATOM project MARS. The aim of the benchmarks was two-fold: first to verify and validate each of the code packages of the project partners, adapted for liquid-fueled reactors, and second to check the dependence of the core characteristics to nuclear data set for application on a molten salt fast reactor (MSFR). The MSFR operates with the thorium fuel cycle and can be started with {\textless}sup{\textgreater}233{\textless}sup/{\textgreater}U-enriched U and/or TRU elements as initial fissile load. All three compositions were covered by the present benchmark. The calculations have confirmed that the MSFR has very favorable characteristics not present in other Gen4 fast reactors, like strong negative temperature and void reactivity coefficients, a low-fissile inventory, a reduced long-lived waste production and its burning capacities of nuclear waste produced in currently operational reactors.},
language = {en},
urldate = {2019-09-16},
journal = {EPJ Nuclear Sciences \& Technologies},
author = {Brovchenko, Mariya and Kloosterman, Jan-Leen and Luzzi, Lelio and Merle, Elsa and Heuer, Daniel and Laureau, Axel and Feynberg, Olga and Ignatiev, Victor and Aufiero, Manuele and Cammi, Antonio and Fiorina, Carlo and Alcaro, Fabio and Dulla, Sandra and Ravetto, Piero and Frima, Lodewijk and Lathouwers, Danny and Merk, Bruno},
month = jan,
year = {2019},
pages = {2},
file = {Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\ET8QPY6L\\Brovchenko et al. - 2019 - Neutronic benchmark of the molten salt fast reacto.pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\XMFKGGX5\\epjn180012.html:text/html},
}
@article{chadwick_endf/b-vii.1_2011,
series = {Special {Issue} on {ENDF}/{B}-{VII}.1 {Library}},
title = {{ENDF}/{B}-{VII}.1 {Nuclear} {Data} for {Science} and {Technology}: {Cross} {Sections}, {Covariances}, {Fission} {Product} {Yields} and {Decay} {Data}},
volume = {112},
issn = {0090-3752},
shorttitle = {{ENDF}/{B}-{VII}.1 {Nuclear} {Data} for {Science} and {Technology}},
doi = {10.1016/j.nds.2011.11.002},
abstract = {The ENDF/B-VII.1 library is our latest recommended evaluated nuclear data file for use in nuclear science and technology applications, and incorporates advances made in the five years since the release of ENDF/B-VII.0. These advances focus on neutron cross sections, covariances, fission product yields and decay data, and represent work by the US Cross Section Evaluation Working Group (CSEWG) in nuclear data evaluation that utilizes developments in nuclear theory, modeling, simulation, and experiment. The principal advances in the new library are: (1) An increase in the breadth of neutron reaction cross section coverage, extending from 393 nuclides to 423 nuclides; (2) Covariance uncertainty data for 190 of the most important nuclides, as documented in companion papers in this edition; (3) R-matrix analyses of neutron reactions on light nuclei, including isotopes of He, Li, and Be; (4) Resonance parameter analyses at lower energies and statistical high energy reactions for isotopes of Cl, K, Ti, V, Mn, Cr, Ni, Zr and W; (5) Modifications to thermal neutron reactions on fission products (isotopes of Mo, Tc, Rh, Ag, Cs, Nd, Sm, Eu) and neutron absorber materials (Cd, Gd); (6) Improved minor actinide evaluations for isotopes of U, Np, Pu, and Am (we are not making changes to the major actinides 235,238U and 239Pu at this point, except for delayed neutron data and covariances, and instead we intend to update them after a further period of research in experiment and theory), and our adoption of JENDL-4.0 evaluations for isotopes of Cm, Bk, Cf, Es, Fm, and some other minor actinides; (7) Fission energy release evaluations; (8) Fission product yield advances for fission-spectrum neutrons and 14 MeV neutrons incident on 239Pu; and (9) A new decay data sublibrary. Integral validation testing of the ENDF/B-VII.1 library is provided for a variety of quantities: For nuclear criticality, the VII.1 library maintains the generally-good performance seen for VII.0 for a wide range of MCNP simulations of criticality benchmarks, with improved performance coming from new structural material evaluations, especially for Ti, Mn, Cr, Zr and W. For Be we see some improvements although the fast assembly data appear to be mutually inconsistent. Actinide cross section updates are also assessed through comparisons of fission and capture reaction rate measurements in critical assemblies and fast reactors, and improvements are evident. Maxwellian-averaged capture cross sections at 30 keV are also provided for astrophysics applications. We describe the cross section evaluations that have been updated for ENDF/B-VII.1 and the measured data and calculations that motivated the changes, and therefore this paper augments the ENDF/B-VII.0 publication [M. B. Chadwick, P. Obložinský, M. Herman, N. M. Greene, R. D. McKnight, D. L. Smith, P. G. Young, R. E. MacFarlane, G. M. Hale, S. C. Frankle, A. C. Kahler, T. Kawano, R. C. Little, D. G. Madland, P. Moller, R. D. Mosteller, P. R. Page, P. Talou, H. Trellue, M. C. White, W. B. Wilson, R. Arcilla, C. L. Dunford, S. F. Mughabghab, B. Pritychenko, D. Rochman, A. A. Sonzogni, C. R. Lubitz, T. H. Trumbull, J. P. Weinman, D. A. Br, D. E. Cullen, D. P. Heinrichs, D. P. McNabb, H. Derrien, M. E. Dunn, N. M. Larson, L. C. Leal, A. D. Carlson, R. C. Block, J. B. Briggs, E. T. Cheng, H. C. Huria, M. L. Zerkle, K. S. Kozier, A. Courcelle, V. Pronyaev, and S. C. van der Marck, “ENDF/B-VII.0: Next Generation Evaluated Nuclear Data Library for Nuclear Science and Technology,” Nuclear Data Sheets 107, 2931 (2006)].},
number = {12},
urldate = {2018-08-09},
journal = {Nuclear Data Sheets},
author = {Chadwick, M. B. and Herman, M. and Obložinský, P. and Dunn, M. E. and Danon, Y. and Kahler, A. C. and Smith, D. L. and Pritychenko, B. and Arbanas, G. and Arcilla, R. and Brewer, R. and Brown, D. A. and Capote, R. and Carlson, A. D. and Cho, Y. S. and Derrien, H. and Guber, K. and Hale, G. M. and Hoblit, S. and Holloway, S. and Johnson, T. D. and Kawano, T. and Kiedrowski, B. C. and Kim, H. and Kunieda, S. and Larson, N. M. and Leal, L. and Lestone, J. P. and Little, R. C. and McCutchan, E. A. and MacFarlane, R. E. and MacInnes, M. and Mattoon, C. M. and McKnight, R. D. and Mughabghab, S. F. and Nobre, G. P. A. and Palmiotti, G. and Palumbo, A. and Pigni, M. T. and Pronyaev, V. G. and Sayer, R. O. and Sonzogni, A. A. and Summers, N. C. and Talou, P. and Thompson, I. J. and Trkov, A. and Vogt, R. L. and van der Marck, S. C. and Wallner, A. and White, M. C. and Wiarda, D. and Young, P. G.},
month = dec,
year = {2011},
pages = {2887--2996},
file = {ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\6KGMGM5A\\S009037521100113X.html:text/html},
}
@article{ignatiev_molten_2014,
title = {Molten salt actinide recycler and transforming system without and with {Th}-{U} support: {Fuel} cycle flexibility and key material properties},
volume = {64},
issn = {0306-4549},
shorttitle = {Molten salt actinide recycler and transforming system without and with {Th}–{U} support},
doi = {10.1016/j.anucene.2013.09.004},
abstract = {A study is under progress to examine the feasibility of MOlten Salt Actinide Recycler and Transforming (MOSART) system without and with U–Th support fuelled with different compositions of transuranic elements (TRU) trifluorides from spent LWR fuel. New design options with homogeneous core and fuel salt with high enough solubility for transuranic elements trifluorides are being examined because of new goals. The paper has the main objective of presenting the fuel cycle flexibility of the MOSART system while accounting technical constrains and experimental data received in this study. A brief description is given of the experimental results on key physical and chemical properties of fuel salt and combined materials compatibility to satisfy MOSART system requirements.},
number = {Supplement C},
urldate = {2017-10-04},
journal = {Annals of Nuclear Energy},
author = {Ignatiev, V. and Feynberg, O. and Gnidoi, I. and Merzlyakov, A. and Surenkov, A. and Uglov, V. and Zagnitko, A. and Subbotin, V. and Sannikov, I. and Toropov, A. and Afonichkin, V. and Bovet, A. and Khokhlov, V. and Shishkin, V. and Kormilitsyn, M. and Lizin, A. and Osipenko, A.},
month = feb,
year = {2014},
keywords = {Combined materials compatibility, Core neutronic performance, Fuel cycle flexibility, Molten salt actinide recycler and transforming system, Physical and chemical properties, Salt chemistry control},
pages = {408--420},
file = {Ignatiev et al. - 2014 - Molten salt actinide recycler and transforming sys.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\7CEI4FC7\\Ignatiev et al. - 2014 - Molten salt actinide recycler and transforming sys.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@inproceedings{ignatiev_progress_2007,
title = {Progress in development of {Li},{Be},{Na}/{F} molten salt actinide recycler and transmuter concept},
language = {English},
urldate = {2018-07-25},
booktitle = {Proceedings of {ICAPP} 2007},
author = {Ignatiev, V. and Feynberg, O. and Gnidoi, I. and Merzlyakov, A. and Smirnov, V. and Surenkov, A. and Tretiakov, I. and Zakirov, R. and Afonichkin, V. and Bovet, A. and Subbotin, V. and Panov, A. and Toropov, A. and Zherebtsov, A.},
month = may,
year = {2007},
file = {Ignatiev et al. - 2007 - Progress in development of Li,Be,NaF molten salt .pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\4DC6FFQC\\Ignatiev et al. - 2007 - Progress in development of Li,Be,NaF molten salt .pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\KLWZNA6E\\search.html:text/html},
}
@article{macpherson_molten_1985,
title = {The {Molten} {Salt} {Reactor} {Adventure}},
volume = {90},
issn = {ISSN 0029-5639},
doi = {10.13182/NSE90-374},
abstract = {A personal history of the development of molten salt reactors in the United States is presented. The initial goal was an aircraft propulsion reactor, and a molten fluoride-fueled Aircraft Reactor Experiment was operated at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1954. In 1956, the objective shifted to civilian nuclear power, and reactor concepts were developed using a circulating UF4-ThF4 fuel, graphite moderator, and Hastelloy N pressure boundary. The program culminated in the successful operation of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment in 1965 to 1969. By then the Atomic Energy Commission’s goals had shifted to breeder development; the molten salt program supported on-site reprocessing development and study of various reactor arrangements that had potential to breed. Some commercial and foreign interest contributed to the program which, however, was terminated by the government in 1976. The current status of the technology and prospects for revived interest are summarized.},
language = {en},
number = {4},
urldate = {2013-09-06},
journal = {Nuclear Science and Engineering},
author = {MacPherson, H. G.},
month = aug,
year = {1985},
keywords = {unread},
pages = {374--380},
file = {[PDF] from moltensalt.org:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\PSZWM3J8\\MacPherson - 1985 - The Molten Salt Reactor Adventure.pdf:application/pdf;nse_v90_n4_pp374-380.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\RGPUF2H9\\nse_v90_n4_pp374-380.pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\7EEL6Q93\\search.html:text/html;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\NAUGQK6J\\NSE90-374.html:text/html},
}
@techreport{fanning_sas4a/sassys-1_2017,
title = {The {SAS4A}/{SASSYS}-1 {Safety} {Analysis} {Code} {System}, {Version} 5},
url = {http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1352187/},
abstract = {The SAS4A/SASSYS-1 computer code is developed by Argonne National Laboratory for thermal, hydraulic, and neutronic analysis of power and flow transients in liquidmetal- cooled nuclear reactors (LMRs). SAS4A was developed to analyze severe core disruption accidents with coolant boiling and fuel melting and relocation, initiated by a very low probability coincidence of an accident precursor and failure of one or more safety systems. SASSYS-1, originally developed to address loss-of-decay-heat-removal accidents, has evolved into a tool for margin assessment in design basis accident (DBA) analysis and for consequence assessment in beyond-design-basis accident (BDBA) analysis. SAS4A contains detailed, mechanistic models of transient thermal, hydraulic, neutronic, and mechanical phenomena to describe the response of the reactor core, its coolant, fuel elements, and structural members to accident conditions. The core channel models in SAS4A provide the capability to analyze the initial phase of core disruptive accidents, through coolant heat-up and boiling, fuel element failure, and fuel melting and relocation. Originally developed to analyze oxide fuel clad with stainless steel, the models in SAS4A have been extended and specialized to metallic fuel with advanced alloy cladding. SASSYS-1 provides the capability to perform a detailed thermal/hydraulic simulation of the primary and secondary sodium coolant circuits and the balance-ofplant steam/water circuit. These sodium and steam circuit models include component models for heat exchangers, pumps, valves, turbines, and condensers, and thermal/hydraulic models of pipes and plena. SASSYS-1 also contains a plant protection and control system modeling capability, which provides digital representations of reactor, pump, and valve controllers and their response to input signal changes.},
language = {en},
number = {ANL/NE-16/19, 1352187},
urldate = {2018-01-19},
author = {Fanning, T. H. and Brunett, A. J. and Sumner, T.},
month = jan,
year = {2017},
doi = {10.2172/1352187},
}
@article{haubenreich_experience_1970,
title = {Experience with the {Molten}-{Salt} {Reactor} {Experiment}},
volume = {8},
issn = {00295450},
doi = {10.13182/NT8-2-118},
number = {2},
urldate = {2016-09-06},
journal = {Nuclear Technology},
author = {Haubenreich, Paul N. and Engel, J. R.},
month = feb,
year = {1970},
pages = {118--136},
file = {Haubenreich_Engel_MSREexperience.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\6EIEWPDA\\Haubenreich_Engel_MSREexperience.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@article{bettis_design_1970,
title = {The {Design} and {Performance} {Features} of a {Single}-{Fluid} {Molten}-{Salt} {Breeder} {Reactor}},
volume = {8},
issn = {0550-3043},
url = {https://doi.org/10.13182/NT70-A28625},
doi = {10.13182/NT70-A28625},
abstract = {A conceptual design has been made of a single-fluid 1000 MW(e) Molten-Salt Breeder Reactor (MSBR) power station based on the capabilities of present technology. The reactor vessel is 22ft in diameter × 20 ft high and is fabricated of Hastelloy-N with graphite as the moderator and reflector. The fuel is 233U carried in a LiF-BeF2-ThF4 mixture which is molten above 930°F. Thorium is converted to 233U in excess of fissile burnup so that bred material is a plant product. The estimated fuel yield is 3.3\% per year.The estimated construction cost of the station is comparable to PWR total construction costs. The power production cost, including fuel-cycle and graphite replacement costs, with private utility financing, is estimated to be 0.5 to 1 mill/kWh less than that for present-day light-water reactors, largely due to the low fuel-cycle cost and high plant thermal efficiency.After engineering development of the fuel purification processes and large-scale components, a practical plant similar to the one described here appears to be feasible.},
number = {2},
urldate = {2017-12-12},
journal = {Nuclear Applications and Technology},
author = {Bettis, E. S. and Robertson, Roy C.},
month = feb,
year = {1970},
pages = {190--207},
file = {Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\WG79G7B7\\Bettis and Robertson - 1970 - The Design and Performance Features of a Single-Fl.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@article{leppanen_calculation_2014,
title = {Calculation of effective point kinetics parameters in the {Serpent} 2 {Monte} {Carlo} code},
volume = {65},
issn = {0306-4549},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454913005628},
doi = {10.1016/j.anucene.2013.10.032},
abstract = {This paper presents the methodology developed for the Serpent 2 Monte Carlo code for the calculation of adjoint-weighted reactor point kinetics parameters: effective generation time and delayed neutron fractions. The calculation routines were implemented at the Politecnico di Milano, and they are based on the iterated fission probability (IFP) method. The developed methodology is mainly intended for the modeling of small research reactor cores, and the results are validated by comparison to experimental data and MCNP5 calculations in 31 critical configurations.},
urldate = {2016-09-14},
journal = {Annals of Nuclear Energy},
author = {Leppänen, Jaakko and Aufiero, Manuele and Fridman, Emil and Rachamin, Reuven and van der Marck, Steven},
month = mar,
year = {2014},
keywords = {Monte Carlo, Adjoint-weighted time constants, Effective delayed neutron fraction, Effective generation time},
pages = {272--279},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\9I9C9CI7\\Leppänen et al. - 2014 - Calculation of effective point kinetics parameters.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\BM8IV98C\\S0306454913005628.html:text/html},
}
@article{rouch_preliminary_2014,
title = {Preliminary thermal–hydraulic core design of the {Molten} {Salt} {Fast} {Reactor} ({MSFR})},
volume = {64},
issn = {0306-4549},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454913004829},
doi = {10.1016/j.anucene.2013.09.012},
abstract = {A thermal–hydraulics study of the core of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR) is presented. The numerical simulations were carried-out using a Computation Fluid Dynamic code. The main objectives of the thermal–hydraulics studies are to design the core cavity walls in order to increase the overall flow mixing and to reduce the temperature peaking factors in the salt and on the core walls. The results of the CFD simulations show that for the chosen core design acceptable temperature distributions can be obtained by using a curved core cavity shape, inlets and outlets. The hot spot temperature is less than 10 °C above the average core outlet temperature and is located in the centre of the top wall of the core. The results show also a moderate level of sensitivity to the working point.},
urldate = {2016-08-22},
journal = {Annals of Nuclear Energy},
author = {Rouch, H. and Geoffroy, O. and Rubiolo, P. and Laureau, A. and Brovchenko, M. and Heuer, D. and Merle-Lucotte, E.},
month = feb,
year = {2014},
keywords = {CFD, Core cavity, Fuel salt temperature, MSFR, Thermal–hydraulics design},
pages = {449--456},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\SX2W3QA5\\Rouch et al. - 2014 - Preliminary thermal–hydraulic core design of the M.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\8GBUHZAG\\S0306454913004829.html:text/html},
}
@article{jones_prediction_1972,
title = {The prediction of laminarization with a two-equation model of turbulence},
volume = {15},
issn = {0017-9310},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0017931072900762},
doi = {10.1016/0017-9310(72)90076-2},
abstract = {The paper presents a new model of turbulence in which the local turbulent viscosity is determined from the solution of transport equations for the turbulence kinetic energy and the energy dissipation rate. The major component of this work has been the provision of a suitable form of the model for regions where the turbulence Reynolds number is low. The model has been applied to the prediction of wall boundary-layer flows in which streamwise accelerations are so severe that the boundary layer reverts partially towards laminar. In all cases, the predicted hydrodynamic and heat-transfer development of the boundary layers is in close agreement with the measured behaviour. L'article présente un nouveau modèle de turbulence dans lequel la viscosité turbulente locale est déterminée à partir de la solution des équations de transport pour l'énergie cinétique de turbulence et la vitesse de dissipation d'énergie. La majeure partie de ce travail a été l'élaboration d'une forme adéquate du modèle pour des régions où le nombre de Reynolds de turbulence est faible. Le modèle a été appliqué à la prédiction des écoulements à couche limite à la paroi dans lesquels des accélérations longitudinales sont si fortes que la couche limite redevient partiellement laminaire. Dans tous les cas, le développement hydrodynamique et thermique prévu des couches limites est en parfait accord avec le comportement observé. Die Arbeit behandelt ein neuse Turbulenzmodell, bei dem die örtliche turbulente Zähigkeit aus der Lösung der Transportgleichungen für die kinetische Energie der Turbulenz und der Energiedissipation bestimmt wird. Der Hauptteil dieser Arbeit bestand darin, eine passende Form des Modells für Bereiche zu schaffen, in denen die Reynoldszahl der Turbulenz niedrig ist. Das Modell ist auf die Bestimmung von Wandgrenzschichtströmungen angewandt worden, bein denen so starke Beschleunigungen in Strömungsrichtung auftreten, dass die Grenzschicht teilweise in den laminaren Bereicht umschlägt. In allen Fällen ist die berechnete Entwicklung der hydrodynamischen und thermischen Grenzschicht in guter Übereinstimmung mit dem gemessenen Verhalten.},
number = {2},
urldate = {2016-08-19},
journal = {International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer},
author = {Jones, W. P and Launder, B. E},
month = feb,
year = {1972},
pages = {301--314},
file = {Jones_Launder_Prediction_of_laminarization_with_two_equation_model_of_turbulence.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\94WZ934Z\\Jones_Launder_Prediction_of_laminarization_with_two_equation_model_of_turbulence.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\B8E6WRBI\\0017931072900762.html:text/html},
}
@book{bell_nuclear_1970,
address = {New York},
title = {Nuclear {Reactor} {Theory}},
language = {English},
publisher = {Van Nostrand Reinhold Company},
author = {Bell, George I. and Glasstone, Samuel},
year = {1970},
file = {nuclear-reactor-theory.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\JP52JB8B\\nuclear-reactor-theory.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@book{lamarsh_introduction_1975,
title = {Introduction to nuclear engineering},
volume = {3},
url = {http://gwardok.hostingsiteforfree.com/q/introduction-to-nuclear-engineering-by-john-r-lamarsh.pdf},
urldate = {2014-04-10},
publisher = {Addison-Wesley Massachusetts},
author = {Lamarsh, John R. and Baratta, Anthony John},
year = {1975},
file = {Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\D8TEQXIE\\introduction-to-nuclear-engineering-by-john-r-lamarsh.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@book{stacey_nuclear_2007,
title = {Nuclear reactor physics},
url = {http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=9gLXk-LRvZwC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=weston+stacey+nuclear+reactor+physics+&ots=_JJwwiXXpM&sig=C-mg9oZfBC--2XWQBZ5SnSKdhBk},
urldate = {2013-10-24},
publisher = {Wiley. com},
author = {Stacey, Weston M.},
year = {2007},
file = {Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\BQKTUZJ8\\books.html:text/html;Stacey_Nuclear_2001.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\E3ADTKDP\\Stacey_Nuclear_2001.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@article{cammi_multi-physics_2011,
title = {A multi-physics modelling approach to the dynamics of {Molten} {Salt} {Reactors}},
volume = {38},
issn = {0306-4549},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454911000582},
doi = {10.1016/j.anucene.2011.01.037},
abstract = {This paper presents a multi-physics modelling (MPM) approach developed for the study of the dynamics of the Molten Salt Reactor (MSR), which has been reconsidered as one of the future nuclear power plants in the framework of the Generation IV International Forum for its several potentialities. The proposed multi-physics modelling is aimed at the description of the coupling between heat transfer, fluid dynamics and neutronics characteristics in a typical MSR core channel, taking into account the spatial effects of the most relevant physical quantities. In particular, as far as molten salt thermo-hydrodynamics is concerned, Navier–Stokes equations are used with the turbulence treatment according to the RANS (Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes) scheme, while the heat transfer is taken into account through the energy balance equations for the fuel salt and the graphite. As far as neutronics is concerned, the two-group diffusion theory is adopted, where the group constants (computed by means of the neutron transport code NEWT of SCALE 5.1) are included into the model in order to describe the neutron flux and the delayed neutron precursor distributions, the system time constants, and the temperature feedback effects of both graphite and fuel salt. The developed MPM approach is implemented in the unified simulation environment offered by COMSOL Multiphysics®, and is applied to study the behaviour of the system in steady-state conditions and under several transients (i.e., reactivity insertion due to control rod movements, fuel mass flow rate variations due to the change of the pump working conditions, presence of periodic perturbations), pointing out some advantages offered with respect to the conventional approaches employed in literature for the MSRs.},
number = {6},
urldate = {2013-05-28},
journal = {Annals of Nuclear Energy},
author = {Cammi, Antonio and Di Marcello, Valentino and Luzzi, Lelio and Memoli, Vito and Ricotti, Marco Enrico},
month = jun,
year = {2011},
keywords = {MSR, unread, read, atws, molten salt reactor, Multi-physics modelling, Reactor dynamics, Thermo-hydrodynamics},
pages = {1356--1372},
file = {A_multi-physics_modelling_approach_to_the_dynamics_of_Molten_Sal.mobi:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\JWIMI3QI\\A_multi-physics_modelling_approach_to_the_dynamics_of_Molten_Sal.mobi:application/octet-stream;cammi_multi-physics_2011.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\AHXUPQ4A\\cammi_multi-physics_2011.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\6FQKN2CJ\\Cammi et al. - 2011 - A multi-physics modelling approach to the dynamics.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\63AWQD57\\S0306454911000582.html:text/html},
}
@article{moir_recommendations_2008,
title = {Recommendations for a restart of molten salt reactor development},
volume = {49},
issn = {0196-8904},
shorttitle = {{ICENES}’2007, 13th {International} {Conference} on {Emerging} {Nuclear} {Energy} {Systems}, {June} 3–8, 2007, İstanbul, {Turkiye}},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890407004268},
doi = {10.1016/j.enconman.2007.07.047},
abstract = {The concept of the molten salt reactor (MSR) refuses to go away. The Generation-IV process lists the MSR as one of the six concepts to be considered for extending fuel resources. Good fuel utilization and good economics are required to meet the often-cited goal of 10 TWe globally and 1 TWe for the US by non-carbon energy sources in this century by nuclear fission. Strong incentives for the molten salt reactor design are its good fuel utilization, good economics, amazing fuel flexibility and promised large benefits. It can:• use thorium or uranium; • be designed with lots of graphite to have a fairly thermal neutron spectrum or without graphite moderator to have an epithermal neutron spectrum; • fission uranium isotopes and plutonium isotopes; • produces less long-lived wastes than today’s reactors by a factor of 10–100; • operate with non-weapon grade fissile fuel, or in suitable sites it can operate with enrichment between reactor-grade and weapon grade fissile fuel; • be a breeder or near breeder; • operate at temperature \>1100 °C if carbon composites are successfully developed. Enhancing 232U content in the uranium to over 500 ppm makes the fuel undesirable for weapons, but it should not detract from its economic use in liquid fuel reactors: a big advantage in nonproliferation. Economics of the MSR are enhanced by operating at low pressure and high temperature and may even lead to the preferred route to hydrogen production. The cost of the electricity produced from low enriched fuel averaged over the life of the entire process, has been predicted to be about 10\% lower than that from LWRs, and 20\% lower for high-enriched fuel, with uncertainties of about 10\%. The development cost has been estimated at about 1 B\$ (e.g., a 100 M\$/year base program for 10 years) not including construction of a series of reactors leading up to the deployment of multiple commercial units at an assumed cost of 9 B\$ (450 M\$/year over 20 years). A benefit of liquid fuel is that smaller power reactors can faithfully test features of larger reactors, thereby reducing the number of steps to commercial deployment. Assuming electricity is worth \$ 50 per MWe h, then 50 years of 10 TWe power level would be worth 200 trillion dollars. If the MSR could be developed and proven for 10 B\$ and would save 10\% over its alternative, the total savings over 50 years would be 20 trillion dollars: a good return on investment even considering discounted future savings. The incentives for the molten salt reactor are so strong and its relevance to our energy policy and national security are so compelling that one asks, “Why has the reactor not already been developed?”},
number = {7},
urldate = {2013-05-28},
journal = {Energy Conversion and Management},
author = {Moir, R.W.},
month = jul,
year = {2008},
keywords = {Economics, read, Deployment scenario, nonproliferation, Start-up fuel},
pages = {1849--1858},
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}
@techreport{haubenreich_msre_1964,
title = {Msre {Design} and {Operations} {Report}. {Part} {Iii}. {Nuclear} {Analysis}},
url = {http://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/4114686},
language = {English},
number = {ORNL-TM-730},
urldate = {2016-09-20},
institution = {Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.},
author = {Haubenreich, P. N. and Engel, J. R. and Prince, B. E. and Claiborne, H. C.},
month = feb,
year = {1964},
keywords = {neutrons, enrichment, graphite, Criticality, absorption, accidents, adsorption, alpha particles, beryllium, buildings, concretes, configuration, control elements, control systems, coolant loops, degassing, delayed neutrons, density, distribution, equations, excursions, failures, fertile materials, Fission products, fissionable materials, Fuels, fused salts, gases, graphite moderator, heat transfer, high temperature, liquid flow, lithium, losses, low temperature, mass, materials testing, moderators, monitoring, msre, multiplication factors, neutron flux, neutron sources, nuclear reactions, operation, personnel, planning, poisoning, power plant, reactor technology},
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@article{cammi_dimensional_2012,
series = {Selected and expanded papers from {International} {Conference} {Nuclear} {Energy} for {New} {Europe} 2010, {Portoro}?, {Slovenia}, {September} 6-9, 2010},
title = {Dimensional effects in the modelling of {MSR} dynamics: {Moving} on from simplified schemes of analysis to a multi-physics modelling approach},
volume = {246},
issn = {0029-5493},
shorttitle = {Dimensional effects in the modelling of {MSR} dynamics},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549311006273},
doi = {10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.08.002},
abstract = {The MSR (Molten Salt Reactor) is one of the six innovative concepts of nuclear reactors envisaged by the GIF-IV (Generation IV International Forum) initiative for the long term evolution of the nuclear technology, in the direction of a more sustainable, safe, proliferation resistant, and economic power generation. The MSR is characterised by a complex and highly non-linear behaviour, which requires a careful investigation, as a consequence of some unusual features like the presence of a fluid fuel and the drift of delayed neutron precursors (DNP) along the primary circuit. In this paper, the MSR primary circuit dynamics is analysed with reference to the MSRE (Molten Salt Reactor Experiment), due to the availability of both a detailed design and experimental data. Numerical models featured by increasing complexity are presented. In particular, a zero-dimensional model is developed, and two other models introducing a one-dimensional discretization for the DNP drift and/or the heat convection are also elaborated. These simplified models are then compared with a more complex model, obtained according to an innovative Multi-Physics Modelling (MPM) approach to the dynamic analysis, where the partial differential equations governing the different phenomena in a core channel are solved in a two-dimensional domain, within the same computational environment. A one-dimensional closure of the primary circuit is also provided. The MPM approach gives a unique insight into the influence of local effects on the overall dynamic behaviour of the reactor, while the variety of developed models allows a systematic investigation about the dimensional effects in the modelling of MSRs. This work represents a starting point in the set-up of a Multi-Physics (MP) simulation tool, suitable for calculations with different degrees of accuracy and physical complexity, and paves the way towards the development of MP models capable of a point-by-point coupling of all the phenomena characterising the MSRs, and the nuclear reactors in general.},
urldate = {2017-01-04},
journal = {Nuclear Engineering and Design},
author = {Cammi, Antonio and Fiorina, Carlo and Guerrieri, Claudia and Luzzi, Lelio},
month = may,
year = {2012},
pages = {12--26},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\923SXTPA\\Cammi et al. - 2012 - Dimensional effects in the modelling of MSR dynami.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\9M9IPG5I\\S0029549311006273.html:text/html},
}
@article{leppanen_use_2017,
title = {On the use of delta-tracking and the collision flux estimator in the {Serpent} 2 {Monte} {Carlo} particle transport code},
volume = {105},
issn = {0306-4549},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454916311367},
doi = {10.1016/j.anucene.2017.03.006},
abstract = {The Serpent Monte Carlo code was originally developed for the purpose of spatial homogenization and other computational problems encountered in the field of reactor physics. However, during the past few years the implementation of new methodologies has allowed expanding the scope of applications to new fields, including radiation transport and fusion neutronics. These applications pose new challenges for the tracking routines and result estimators, originally developed for a very specific task. The purpose of this paper is to explain how the basic collision estimator based cell flux tally in Serpent 2 is implemented, and how it is applied for calculating integral reaction rates. The methodology and its limitations are demonstrated by an example, in which the tally is applied for calculating collision rates in a problem with very low physical collision density. It is concluded that Serpent has a lot of potential to expand its scope of applications beyond reactor physics, but in order to be applied for such problems it is important that the code users understand the underlying methods and their limitations.},
urldate = {2017-03-21},
journal = {Annals of Nuclear Energy},
author = {Leppänen, Jaakko},
month = jul,
year = {2017},
keywords = {Monte Carlo, Collision flux estimator, Delta-tracking, Transport simulation},
pages = {161--167},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\TJF3RXPK\\Leppänen - 2017 - On the use of delta-tracking and the collision flu.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\GTMPG3QE\\S0306454916311367.html:text/html},
}
@misc{lindsay_moltres_2017,
address = {University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign},
title = {Moltres, software for simulating {Molten} {Salt} {Reactors}},
shorttitle = {Moltres},
url = {https://github.com/arfc/moltres},
abstract = {arfc/moltres: Repository for Moltres, a code for simulating Molten Salt Reactors},
urldate = {2017-02-24},
author = {Lindsay, Alexander},
year = {2017},
note = {https://github.com/arfc/moltres},
file = {arfc/moltres\: Repository for Moltres, a code for simulating Molten Salt Reactors:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\WGEZI8WJ\\moltres.html:text/html},
}
@book{prince_zero-power_1968,
title = {{ZERO}-{POWER} {PHYSICS} {EXPERIMENTS} {ON} {THE} {MOLTEN}-{SALT} {REACTOR} {EXPERIMENT}.},
author = {Prince, B.E. and Ball, S.J. and Engel, J.R. and Haubenreich, P.N. and Kerlin, T.W.},
month = jan,
year = {1968},
file = {ORNL-4233.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\7UTAGB2T\\ORNL-4233.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@misc{github_build_2017,
title = {Build software better, together},
url = {https://github.com},
abstract = {GitHub is where people build software. More than 21 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 58 million projects.},
urldate = {2017-05-11},
journal = {GitHub},
author = {{GitHub}},
year = {2017},
file = {Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\9UB445Q8\\github.com.html:text/html},
}
@techreport{gif_generation_2008,
title = {Generation {IV} {International} {Forum} 2008 {Annual} {Report}},
institution = {Generation IV International Forum},
author = {{GIF}},
year = {2008},
}
@book{duderstadt_nuclear_1976,
address = {New York},
edition = {1 edition},
title = {Nuclear {Reactor} {Analysis}},
isbn = {978-0-471-22363-4},
abstract = {Classic textbook for an introductory course in nuclear reactor analysis that introduces the nuclear engineering student to the basic scientific principles of nuclear fission chain reactions and lays a foundation for the subsequent application of these principles to the nuclear design and analysis of reactor cores. This text introduces the student to the fundamental principles governing nuclear fission chain reactions in a manner that renders the transition to practical nuclear reactor design methods most natural. The authors stress throughout the very close interplay between the nuclear analysis of a reactor core and those nonnuclear aspects of core analysis, such as thermal-hydraulics or materials studies, which play a major role in determining a reactor design.},
language = {English},
publisher = {Wiley},
author = {Duderstadt, James J. and Hamilton, Louis J.},
month = jan,
year = {1976},
}
@article{li_transient_2015,
title = {Transient analyses for a molten salt fast reactor with optimized core geometry},
volume = {292},
issn = {0029-5493},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549315002617},
doi = {10.1016/j.nucengdes.2015.06.011},
abstract = {Molten salt reactors (MSRs) have encountered a marked resurgence of interest over the past decades, highlighted by their inclusion as one of the six candidate reactors of the Generation IV advanced nuclear power systems. The present work is carried out in the framework of the European FP-7 project EVOL (Evaluation and Viability Of Liquid fuel fast reactor system). One of the project tasks is to report on safety analyses: calculations of reactor transients using various numerical codes for the molten salt fast reactor (MSFR) under different boundary conditions, assumptions, and for different selected scenarios. Based on the original reference core geometry, an optimized geometry was proposed by Rouch et al. (2014. Ann. Nucl. Energy 64, 449) on thermal-hydraulic design aspects to avoid a recirculation zone near the blanket which accumulates heat and very high temperature exceeding the salt boiling point. Using both fully neutronics thermal-hydraulic coupled codes (SIMMER and COUPLE), we also re-confirm the efforts step by step toward a core geometry without the recirculation zone in particular as concerns the modifications of the core geometrical shape. Different transients namely Unprotected Loss of Heat Sink (ULOHS), Unprotected Loss of Flow (ULOF), Unprotected Transient Over Power (UTOP), Fuel Salt Over Cooling (FSOC) are intensively investigated and discussed with the optimized core geometry. It is demonstrated that due to inherent negative feedbacks, an MSFR plant has a high safety potential.},
journal = {Nuclear Engineering and Design},
author = {Li, R. and Wang, S. and Rineiski, A. and Zhang, D. and Merle-Lucotte, E.},
month = oct,
year = {2015},
keywords = {L. safety and risk analysis},
pages = {164--176},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\TFJT7C45\\Li et al. - 2015 - Transient analyses for a molten salt fast reactor .pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\59GD97VN\\S0029549315002617.html:text/html},
}
@article{nagy_steady-state_2014,
title = {Steady-state and dynamic behavior of a moderated molten salt reactor},
volume = {64},
issn = {0306-4549},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454913004179},
doi = {10.1016/j.anucene.2013.08.009},
abstract = {The moderated Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) is an attractive breeder reactor. However, the temperature feedback coefficient of such a system can be positive due to the contribution of the moderator, an effect that can only be avoided with special measures. A previous study (Nagy et al., 2010) aimed to find a core design that is a breeder and has negative overall temperature feedback coefficient. In this paper, a coupled calculation scheme, which includes the reactor physics, heat transfer and fluid dynamics calculations is introduced. It is used both for steady-state and for dynamic calculations to evaluate the safety of the core design which was selected from the results of the previous study. The calculated feedback coefficients on the salt and graphite temperatures, power and uranium concentration prove that the core design derived in the previous optimization study is safe because the temperature feedback coefficient of the core and of the power is sufficiently negative. Transient calculations are performed to show the inherent safety of the reactor in case of reactivity insertion. As it is shown, the response of the reactor to these transients is initially dominated by the strong negative feedback of the salt. In all the presented transients, the reactor power stabilizes and the temperature of the salt never approaches its boiling point.},
journal = {Annals of Nuclear Energy},
author = {Nagy, K. and Lathouwers, D. and T’Joen, C. G. A. and Kloosterman, J. L. and van der Hagen, T. H. J. J.},
month = feb,
year = {2014},
keywords = {Coupled calculations, Transient calculations},
pages = {365--379},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\92VTQVHJ\\Nagy et al. - 2014 - Steady-state and dynamic behavior of a moderated m.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\EAGZXEWN\\S0306454913004179.html:text/html},
}
@article{dehart_reactor_2011,
title = {Reactor {Physics} {Methods} and {Analysis} {Capabilities} in {SCALE}},
volume = {174},
url = {http://epubs.ans.org/?a=11720},
doi = {dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT174-196},
number = {2},
urldate = {2017-04-10},
journal = {Nuclear Technology},
author = {DeHart, Mark D. and Bowman, Stephen M.},
month = may,
year = {2011},
pages = {196--213},
file = {Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\BHMIBIJ9\\epubs.ans.org.html:text/html},
}
@incollection{ho_molten_2013,
address = {Badajoz, Spain},
edition = {2013},
series = {Energy {Book} {Series}},
title = {Molten salt reactors},
isbn = {978-84-939843-7-3},
number = {1},
booktitle = {Materials and processes for energy: communicating current research and technological developments},
publisher = {Formatex Research Center},
author = {Ho, M. K. M. and Yeoh, G. H. and Braoudakis, G.},
editor = {Méndez-Vilas, A.},
year = {2013},
note = {http://www.formatex.info/energymaterialsbook/
http://www.energymaterialsbook.org/chapters.html},
keywords = {MSR, read, FHR},
pages = {761--768},
file = {ho_molten_2013.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\NXU753GF\\ho_molten_2013.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@inproceedings{merle-lucotte_launching_2011,
title = {Launching the thorium fuel cycle with the {Molten} {Salt} {Fast} {Reactor}},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elsa_Merle-Lucotte/publication/280855626_Launching_the_thorium_fuel_cycle_with_the_Molten_Salt_Fast_Reactor/links/579f55c508ae5d5e1e17eccc.pdf},
urldate = {2017-09-15},
booktitle = {Proceedings of {ICAPP}},
author = {Merle-Lucotte, E. and Heuer, D. and Allibert, M. and Brovchenko, M. and Capellan, N. and Ghetta, V.},
year = {2011},
pages = {2--5},
file = {[PDF] researchgate.net:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\EN5T5AGG\\Merle-Lucotte et al. - 2011 - Launching the thorium fuel cycle with the Molten S.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@article{kamei_recent_2012,
title = {Recent {Research} of {Thorium} {Molten}-{Salt} {Reactor} from a {Sustainability} {Viewpoint}},
volume = {4},
copyright = {http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/},
url = {http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/10/2399},
doi = {10.3390/su4102399},
abstract = {The most important target of the concept “sustainability” is to achieve fairness between generations. Its expanding interpolation leads to achieve fairness within a generation. Thus, it is necessary to discuss the role of nuclear power from the viewpoint of this definition. The history of nuclear power has been the control of the nuclear fission reaction. Once this is obtained, then the economy of the system is required. On the other hand, it is also necessary to consider the internalization of the external diseconomy to avoid damage to human society caused by the economic activity itself, due to its limited capacity. An extreme example is waste. Thus, reducing radioactive waste resulting from nuclear power is essential. Nuclear non-proliferation must be guaranteed. Moreover, the FUKUSHIMA accident revealed that it is still not enough that human beings control nuclear reaction. Further, the most essential issue for sustaining use of one technology is human resources in manufacturing, operation, policy-making and education. Nuclear power will be able to satisfy the requirements of sustainability only when these subjects are addressed. The author will review recent activities of a thorium molten-salt reactor (MSR) as a cornerstone for a sustainable society and describe its objectives and forecasts.},
language = {en},
number = {10},
urldate = {2017-12-08},
journal = {Sustainability},
author = {Kamei, Takashi},
month = sep,
year = {2012},
keywords = {small modular reactor, externality, molten-salt reactor, rare earth},
pages = {2399--2418},
file = {Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\Q54RA3YC\\Kamei - 2012 - Recent Research of Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor fro.pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\AMBQBKSD\\htm.html:text/html},
}
@techreport{transatomic_power_corporation_technical_2016,
address = {Cambridge, MA, United States},
type = {White {Paper}},
title = {Technical {White} {Paper}},
url = {http://www.transatomicpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/TAP-White-Paper-v2.1.pdf},
abstract = {Transatomic Power’s advanced molten salt reactor unlocks clean,
safe, and low-cost nuclear energy. Our revolutionary design
allows us to achieve a high fuel burnup in a compact system,
solve the nuclear industry’s most pressing problems, and clear the
way for advanced nuclear power’s global deployment.},
language = {English},
number = {2.1},
institution = {Transatomic Power Corporation},
author = {{Transatomic Power Corporation}},
month = nov,
year = {2016},
file = {Transatomic Power Corporation - 2016 - Technical White Paper.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\556MUQ2G\\Transatomic Power Corporation - 2016 - Technical White Paper.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@techreport{briggs_molten-salt_1964,
address = {Oak Ridge, TN, United States},
type = {Technical {Report} {Archive} and {Image} {Library}},
title = {Molten-{Salt} {Reactor} {Program} semiannual progress report for period ending {July} 31, 1964},
url = {https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc100304/},
abstract = {Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing semiannual progress made by the Molten-Salt Reactor Program. Descriptions of design, construction, and experimental progress is presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.},
number = {ORNL-3708},
institution = {Oak Ridge National Laboratory},
author = {Briggs, R. B.},
year = {1964},
pages = {397},
}
@incollection{kloosterman_20_2017,
title = {20 - {Safety} assessment of the molten salt fast reactor ({SAMOFAR})},
isbn = {978-0-08-101126-3},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081011263000208},
abstract = {This chapter describes the goal, contents, and the consortium of the SAMOFAR project, which is currently the leading project in the European Union in the field of MSR research. It focuses on the safety assessment of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor and will eventually lead to an updated reactor design evaluated with a new integral safety method.},
urldate = {2017-11-21},
booktitle = {Molten {Salt} {Reactors} and {Thorium} {Energy}},
publisher = {Woodhead Publishing},
author = {Kloosterman, Jan L.},
editor = {Dolan, Thomas J.},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1016/B978-0-08-101126-3.00020-8},
keywords = {Molten Salt Fast Reactor, Safety assessment},
pages = {565--570},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\7LLJFPR3\\Kloosterman - 2017 - 20 - Safety assessment of the molten salt fast rea.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\6DWXAWQD\\B9780081011263000208.html:text/html},
}
@incollection{grape_10_2017,
title = {10 - {Nonproliferation} and safeguards aspects of the {MSR} fuel cycle},
isbn = {978-0-08-101126-3},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081011263000105},
abstract = {In this chapter the reader is introduced to the concepts of nonproliferation: safeguards and security. The identified threats to the peaceful nuclear fuel cycle as well as possible targets, and the existing nuclear safeguards system are discussed. The advantages and disadvantages of the molten salt reactor (MSR) fuel cycle in terms of nonproliferation are discussed and it is compared to that of the light-water reactor fuel cycle, which is widely implemented today.},
urldate = {2017-11-21},
booktitle = {Molten {Salt} {Reactors} and {Thorium} {Energy}},
publisher = {Woodhead Publishing},
author = {Grape, Sophie and Hellesen, Carl},
editor = {Dolan, Thomas J.},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1016/B978-0-08-101126-3.00010-5},
keywords = {Nuclear, nonproliferation, proliferation threat, Safeguards},
pages = {261--279},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\DEVXYEHF\\Grape and Hellesen - 2017 - 10 - Nonproliferation and safeguards aspects of th.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\7KZI9RWF\\B9780081011263000105.html:text/html},
}
@incollection{yoshioka_7_2017,
title = {7 - {Materials}},
isbn = {978-0-08-101126-3},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081011263000075},
abstract = {This chapter discusses the following materials, which are specific to molten salt reactors (MSRs). The areas covered include: molten salt, solid fuels with molten salt coolants, thorium fuel cycle, moderators, and structural materials.
Thorium fuel is also discussed in Chapters 1, Introduction and 9 Environment, waste, and resources, and reprocessing of liquid molten salt fuels is discussed in Chapter 8, Chemical processing of liquid fuel.},
urldate = {2017-11-21},
booktitle = {Molten {Salt} {Reactors} and {Thorium} {Energy}},
publisher = {Woodhead Publishing},
author = {Yoshioka, Ritsuo and Kinoshita, Motoyasu and Scott, Ian},
editor = {Dolan, Thomas J.},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1016/B978-0-08-101126-3.00007-5},
keywords = {Fuel cycle, graphite, moderator, Hastelloy, structural material},
pages = {189--207},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\3U6LMML7\\Yoshioka et al. - 2017 - 7 - Materials.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\HPYVQI5L\\B9780081011263000075.html:text/html},
}
@incollection{dolan_1_2017,
title = {1 - {Introduction}},
isbn = {978-0-08-101126-3},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081011263000014},
abstract = {The United States demonstrated the feasibility of Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) with the Aircraft Reactor Experiment (1954) and the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (1965–69). Liquid fuel MSRs can avoid many of the problems of light water reactors (LWRs): fuel manufacture, fuel lifetime, refueling shutdowns, core melt (TMI accident), steam explosion (Chernobyl accident), hydrogen explosion (Fukushima Daiichi accident), and long-lived radioactive (actinide) waste disposal. Thorium fuel can be converted into U-233 fuel, instead of using U-235 from enrichment of natural uranium. One ton of ThO2 can generate as much energy as 293 tons of U3O8 and thorium is four times as abundant in the earth’s crust as uranium. Solid fuel MSRs could be similar to LWRs with molten salt coolant instead of water, so they could be developed quickly, but would lack the advantages of liquid fuel, which include no manufacture of fuel pellets, no fuel melt hazard, fuel burnup not limited by radiation damage, continuous refueling, actinide recycling, and fission product removal. The fuel processing plant must be developed to separate uranium, thorium, actinides, and fission products in a highly radioactive environment. Actinides generated by LWRs could be burned in MSRs, instead of being treated as radioactive wastes requiring geological disposal. Research on MSRs and thorium energy is underway in 23 countries, and reactor designs from several companies are described in this book.},
urldate = {2017-11-21},
booktitle = {Molten {Salt} {Reactors} and {Thorium} {Energy}},
publisher = {Woodhead Publishing},
author = {Dolan, Thomas J.},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1016/B978-0-08-101126-3.00001-4},
keywords = {MSR, refueling, uranium, core melt, hydrogen, LWR, steam, wastes},
pages = {1--12},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\8KGGGEMH\\Dolan - 2017 - 1 - Introduction.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\LKZSPXJI\\B9780081011263000014.html:text/html},
}
@incollection{dolan_27_2017,
title = {27 - {Issues} and conclusions},
isbn = {978-0-08-101126-3},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081011263000270},
abstract = {The USA demonstrated the feasibility of molten salt reactors (MSRs) with the Aircraft Reactor Experiment (1954) and the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (1965–69). Liquid fuel MSRs can avoid many of the problems of light-water reactors (LWRs): fuel manufacture, fuel lifetime, refueling shutdowns, core melt (TMI accident), steam explosion (Chernobyl accident), hydrogen explosion (Fukushima Daichi accident), and long-lived radioactive (actinide) waste disposal. Thorium fuel can be converted into U-233 fuel, instead of using U-235 from enrichment of natural uranium. One ton of ThO2 can generate as much energy as 293 tons of U3O8, and thorium is four times as abundant in the Earth’s crust as uranium. Solid fuel MSRs could be similar to LWRs with molten salt coolant instead of water, so they could be developed quickly, but would lack the advantages of liquid fuel, which include no manufacture of fuel pellets, no fuel melt hazard, fuel burnup not limited by radiation damage, continuous refueling, actinide recycling, and fission product removal. The fuel processing plant must be developed to separate uranium, thorium, actinides, and fission products in a highly radioactive environment. Actinides generated by LWRs could be burned in MSRs, instead of being treated as radioactive waste requiring geological disposal. Research on MSRs and thorium energy is underway in 23 countries, and reactor designs from several companies are described in this book.},
urldate = {2017-11-21},
booktitle = {Molten {Salt} {Reactors} and {Thorium} {Energy}},
publisher = {Woodhead Publishing},
author = {Dolan, Thomas J.},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1016/B978-0-08-101126-3.00027-0},
keywords = {MSR, refueling, uranium, core melt, hydrogen, LWR, steam, wastes},
pages = {775--777},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\8TTBVSYL\\Dolan - 2017 - 27 - Issues and conclusions.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\7JB5QZW7\\B9780081011263000270.html:text/html},
}
@phdthesis{fiorina_molten_2013,
type = {{PhD}},
title = {The molten salt fast reactor as a fast spectrum candidate for thorium implementation},
url = {https://www.politesi.polimi.it/handle/10589/74324},
abstract = {The thesis work investigates the Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR) technology as a possible route to combine the potential advantages of thorium use in Fast Reactors (FR) with the fuel cycle advantages fostered by a liquid fuel. The MSFR emerges as a promising reactor for its capability to operate as a flexible conversion ratio reactor. It shows good performances as U-233 breeder, though uncertainties exist on the U-233 capture cross-section in the neutron energy range of interest for the MSFR. Operation as a self-sustaining reactor fosters low consumption of natural resources, very limited waste generation, and simplified fuel management thanks to the liquid fuel. The MSFR also shows promising features in terms of radioactive waste transmutation thanks to the liquid fuel, the high specific power and the relatively hard spectrum. Safety aspects are investigated through analysis of the reactor safety parameters, and via prediction of the new reactor steady-state after accidental transient initiators. The MSFR inherent safety appears comparable to that of traditional FRs, especially considering its capability to withstand all major double-fault accidents. In addition, the MSFR presents only negative reactivity feedback coefficients, which is a unique feature among fast-spectrum reactors. The system thermal-hydraulics is also investigated in view of the internal heat generation in the working fluid. A correlation is proposed and application to the MSFR allows to exclude major impacts of decay heat on the MSFR out-of-core components, with a note of caution on the design of channels with low velocities and/or large diameters. In addition, a multi-physics model is developed to investigate the thermal-hydraulic behavior of the core, showing some points of enhancement needed in the current MSFR conceptual design. The same model is employed for investigating the reactor transient response to major accidental events, confirming the MSFR promising safety features pointed out with simpler approaches, but suggesting also possible problems related to the quick fuel temperature rise in case of a loss of heat sink.},
urldate = {2013-05-28},
school = {Politecnico Di Milano},
author = {Fiorina, Carlo},
month = mar,
year = {2013},
keywords = {unread},
file = {[PDF] from polimi.it:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\NXBD45NV\\FIORINA - 2013 - The molten salt fast reactor as a fast spectrum ca.pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\GGQM6IZK\\74324.html:text/html},
}
@article{bettis_aircraft_1957,
title = {The {Aircraft} {Reactor} {Experiment}},
volume = {2},
abstract = {The ARE was operated successfully in November, 1954, at various power levels up to 2.5
MWt. The maximum steady-state fuel temperature was 1580ºF (1130 K), and there was a
differential temperature between the inlet and outlet in the NaF-ZrF4-UF4 fuel of 355ºF (200 K).
The fuel system was in operation for 241 hr before the reactor first became critical and the nuclear
operation extended over a period of 221 hr. The final 74 hr of operation were in the megawatt
range and resulted in the production of 96 MW-hr of nuclear energy. Effects of various transient
conditions on reactor operation were determined.},
number = {6},
journal = {Nuclear Science and Engineering},
author = {Bettis, E. S. and Cottrell, W.B. and Mann, E.R. and Meem, J.L. and Whitman, G.D.},
year = {1957},
pages = {841--853},
file = {NSE_ARE_Operation.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\7UGTNXI5\\NSE_ARE_Operation.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@article{heuer_simulation_2010,
title = {Simulation {Tools} and {New} {Developments} of the {Molten} {Salt} {Fast} {Reactor}},
copyright = {© SFEN 2010},
issn = {0335-5004},
url = {https://rgn.publications.sfen.org/articles/rgn/abs/2010/06/rgn20106p95/rgn20106p95.html},
doi = {10.1051/rgn/20106095},
abstract = {The CNRS has been involved in molten salt reactors since 1997. Starting from the Molten Salt Breeder Reactor project of Oak-Ridge, an innovative concept called Molten Salt Fast Reactor or MSFR has been proposed, resulting from extensive parametric studies in which various core arrangements, reprocessing performances and salt compositions were investigated to adapt the reactor in the framework of the deployment of a thorium based reactor fleet on a worldwide scale. The primary feature of the MSFR concept is the removal of the graphite moderator from the core (graphite-free core), resulting in a breeder reactor with a fast neutron spectrum and operated in the Thorium fuel cycle. MSFR has been recognized as a long term alternative to solid fuelled fast neutron systems with unique potential (negative safety coefficients, smaller fissile inventory, easy in-service inspection, simplified fuel cycle…) and has thus been selected for further studies by the Generation IV International Forum in 2008.In the MSFR, the liquid fuel processing is part of the reactor where a small side stream of the molten salt is processed for fission product removal and then returned to the reactor. This is fundamentally different from a solid fuel reactor where separate facilities produce the solid fuel and process the Spent Nuclear Fuel. Because of this design characteristic, the MSFR can thus operate with widely varying fuel composition. Thanks to this fuel composition flexibility, the MSFR concept may use as initial fissile load, {\textless}sup{\textgreater}233{\textless}sup/{\textgreater}U or enriched (between 5\% and 30\%) uranium or also the transuranic elements currently produced by PWRs in the world.Our reactor’s studies of the MSFR concept rely on numerical simulations making use of the MCNP neutron transport code coupled with a code for materials evolution which resolves the Bateman’s equations giving the population of each nucleus inside each part of the reactor at each moment. Because of MSR’s fundamental characteristics compared to classical solid-fuelled reactors, the classical Bateman equations have to be modified by adding two terms representing the reprocessing efficiencies and the fertile or fissile alimentation. We have finally coupled neutronic and reprocessing simulation codes in a numerical tool develop to calculate the evolution of the whole MSFR system. This tool is used to evaluate the extraction capacities of fission products and their location in the whole system (reactor and reprocessing unit), basis of any safety and radioprotection assessment of the reactor., Le CNRS s’intéresse aux réacteurs à sels fondus (RSF) depuis 1997. Dans le but de proposer un réacteur critique basé sur le cycle thorium pour la production d’énergie, des études plus complètes sont menées à partir de 1999. Une réévaluation complète du MSBR qui constituait alors la configuration de référence des RSF est tout d’abord effectuée, suivie d’une étude systématique d’optimisation du comportement de ce type de réacteurs en s’éloignant du design initial. Ces travaux ont permis de faire émerger un concept de réacteur innovant, qui a été sélectionné fin 2008 par le Forum International Generation IV comme représentant type des réacteurs à sels fondus et qui a désormais comme dénomination officielle : MSFR (Molten Salt Fast Reactor). Il s’agit d’un concept de réacteur surrégénérateur à spectre neutronique rapide et en cycle Thorium, qui présente une très bonne stabilité intrinsèque de fonctionnement grâce à des coefficients de sûreté tous négatifs, et un processus de retraitement du combustible in-situ simplifié acceptable d’un point de vue économique. Ce réacteur se place dans le contexte d’une filière d’utilisation du Thorium qui est un élément fertile abondant dans la nature, en association avec des éléments fissiles naturels ({\textless}sup{\textgreater}235{\textless}sup/{\textgreater}U) ou non ({\textless}sup{\textgreater}233{\textless}sup/{\textgreater}U) ou encore qui proviennent de la chaine de gestion des éléments radioactifs à vie longue des réacteurs actuels (Np, Pu, Am, …).Les études menées sont basées sur le couplage du code de transport de neutrons MCNP avec le code d’évolution des matériaux REM développé au CNRS. La résolution des équations de Bateman qui est effectuée permet de connaître la population de chaque noyau dans chaque partie du réacteur à chaque instant. Du fait des caractéristiques fondamentales des RSF qui sont très différentes de celles des réacteurs à combustible solide, ces équations doivent être modifiées pour prendre en compte la capacité d’alimentation en matière fissile et fertile, ainsi que le retraitement du sel combustible, de manière continue sans arrêt du réacteur. Nous avons finalement associé le code décrivant l’évolution du coeur et une représentation simulée du retraitement pour construire un outil numérique servant au calcul de l’évolution du système complet. Cet outil permet d’évaluer l’efficacité du retraitement vis-à-vis de l’ensemble des produits de fission (en supposant une efficacité donnée pour le procédé physicochimique utilisé), ainsi que de déterminer leur localisation dans le système. Ces informations sont essentielles pour pouvoir aborder une étude de la sûreté ou de la radioprotection du système.},
language = {en},
number = {6},
urldate = {2018-02-01},
journal = {Revue Générale Nucléaire},
author = {Heuer, D. and Merle-Lucotte, E. and Allibert, M. and Doligez, X. and Ghetta, V.},
year = {2010},
pages = {95--100},
file = {Heuer et al. - 2010 - Simulation Tools and New Developments of the Molte.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\N9LPQ8AB\\Heuer et al. - 2010 - Simulation Tools and New Developments of the Molte.pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\ECV96N73\\rgn20106p95.html:text/html},
}
@article{kophazi_development_2009,
title = {Development of a {Three}-{Dimensional} {Time}-{Dependent} {Calculation} {Scheme} for {Molten} {Salt} {Reactors} and {Validation} of the {Measurement} {Data} of the {Molten} {Salt} {Reactor} {Experiment}},
volume = {163},
abstract = {This paper presents the development, validation, and results of a three-dimensional, time- dependent, coupled-neutronics–thermal-hydraulic calculational scheme for channel-type molten salt re- actors (MSRs). The reactor physics part is based on diffusion theory, extended by a term representing the flow of the fuel through the core. The calculation of the temperature field is done by modeling all fuel channels, which are coupled to each other by a three-dimensional heat conduction equation. For the purpose of validation, the results of the MSR Experiment (MSRE) natural-circulation experiment and the thermal feedback coefficients of the reactor have been calculated and compared.
With the aid of a code system developed to implement this scheme, calculations were carried out for the normal operating state of the MSRE and some debris-induced channel-blocking-incident transients. In the case of the MSRE, it is shown that the severity of such an incident strongly depends on the degree of channel blocking and that high-temperature gradients in the moderator can connect thermally the adjacent fuel channels. Results are included for an unblocking transient (i.e., the debris suddenly exits the core, and the fuel flow reverts to the normal operating pattern), and it was demonstrated that during the unblocking large power peaks can be induced.},
number = {2},
journal = {Nuclear Science and Engineering},
author = {Kophazi, J. and Lathouwers, D. and Kloosterman, J.L.},
year = {2009},
keywords = {unread, Molten Salt Reactor (MSR), 3D, reactor physics, Core, MSR Experiment (MSRE)},
pages = {118--131},
file = {Kópházi et al. - Development of a Three-Dimensional Time-Dependent .pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\ZIJ5Q643\\Kópházi et al. - Development of a Three-Dimensional Time-Dependent .pdf:application/pdf},
}
@inproceedings{aufiero_testing_2018,
address = {Philadelphia, Pennsylvania},
series = {Reactor {Physics}: {General}—{I}},
title = {Testing and {Verification} of {Multiphysics} {Tools} for {Fast}-{Spectrum} {MSRs}: {The} {CNRS} {Benchmark}},
volume = {118},
shorttitle = {Testing and {Verification} of {Multiphysics} {Tools} for {Fast}-{Spectrum} {MSRs}},
url = {http://ansannual.org/wp-content/2018/Data/pdfs/382-25331.pdf},
abstract = {Liquid fuel Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) feature peculiar physical
phenomena that are not present in solid fuel reactors. Some of
these phenomena are not correctly resolved by legacy reactor physics
tools, and require specific treatments. Recently, research activities
within several collaborative projects related to MSRs design (e.g.,
see [1], [2]) lead to development of a number of different numerical
tools for the coupled neutronics and thermal/hydraulics analysis of
such systems. Unfortunately, especially in case of non-moderated,
fast-spectrum MSRs, very few experimental data are available for
an accurate process of verification and validation of the developed
codes.},
language = {English},
booktitle = {Transactions of the {American} {Nuclear} {Society}},
publisher = {American Nuclear Society},
author = {Aufiero, Manuele and Rubiolo, Pablo},
month = jun,
year = {2018},
pages = {837--840},
file = {Fulltext:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\HUGQPFM3\\Aufiero and Rubiolo - Testing and Verification of Multiphysics Tools for.pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\SXY5L3Q3\\Aufiero and Rubiolo - Testing and Verification of Multiphysics Tools for.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@article{zanetti_geometric_2015,
title = {A {Geometric} {Multiscale} modelling approach to the analysis of {MSR} plant dynamics},
volume = {83},
issn = {0149-1970},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149197015000487},
doi = {10.1016/j.pnucene.2015.02.014},
abstract = {In the framework of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF-IV), six innovative concepts of nuclear reactors have been proposed as suitable to guarantee a safe, sustainable and proliferation resistant source of nuclear energy. Among these reactors, a peculiar role is played by the Molten Salt Reactor (MSR), which is the only one with a liquid and circulating fuel. This feature leads to a complex and highly coupled behaviour, which requires careful investigations, as a consequence of some unusual features like the drift of Delayed Neutron Precursors (DNP) along the primary circuit and heat transfer with a heat-generating fluid. The inherently coupled dynamics of the MSRs asks for innovative approaches to perform reliable transient analyses. The node-wise implicitly-coupled solution of the Partial Differential Equations (PDE) that govern the different phenomena in a reactor would offer in this sense an ideal solution. However, such an approach (hereinafter referred to as Multi-Physics – MP) requires a huge amount of computational power. In this work, we propose and assess a Geometric Multiscale approach on MSR, addressing the core modelling with a 3-D MP approach and the remaining part of the system – e.g., the cooling loop – with simplified 0-D models based on Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE). The aim is to conjugate the accuracy of the MP modelling approach with acceptable computation loads. Reference is made to the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE), due to the availability of a detailed design and experimental data that are used for assessment and preliminary validation of the developed simulation tool.},
number = {Supplement C},
urldate = {2017-02-08},
journal = {Progress in Nuclear Energy},
author = {Zanetti, Matteo and Cammi, Antonio and Fiorina, Carlo and Luzzi, Lelio},
month = aug,
year = {2015},
keywords = {Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE), Molten Salt Reactor (MSR), Geometric Multiscale approach, Multi-Physics Modelling, System dynamic behaviour},
pages = {82--98},
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}
@mastersthesis{pettersen_coupled_2016,
title = {Coupled multi-physics simulations of the {Molten} {Salt} {Fast} {Reactor} using coarse-mesh thermal-hydraulics and spatial neutronics},
url = {http://samofar.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MScThesis-eirikEidePettersen.pdf},
urldate = {2016-11-29},
school = {MSc thesis, September 2016 (PDF)},
author = {Pettersen, Eirik Eide and Mikityuk, Konstantin},
year = {2016},
file = {[PDF] samofar.eu:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\XVIH74PK\\Pettersen and Mikityuk - 2016 - Coupled multi-physics simulations of the Molten Sa.pdf:application/pdf;Fulltext:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\PA885TB5\\Pettersen and Mikityuk - 2016 - Coupled multi-physics simulations of the Molten Sa.pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\S7SERYFF\\Pettersen and Mikityuk - 2016 - Coupled multi-physics simulations of the Molten Sa.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@article{mathieu_thorium_2006,
title = {The thorium molten salt reactor: {Moving} on from the {MSBR}},
volume = {48},
issn = {0149-1970},
shorttitle = {The thorium molten salt reactor},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149197006000746},
doi = {10.1016/j.pnucene.2006.07.005},
abstract = {A re-evaluation of the molten salt breeder reactor concept has revealed problems related to its safety and to the complexity of the reprocessing considered. A reflection is carried out anew in view of finding innovative solutions leading to the thorium molten salt reactor concept. Several main constraints are established and serve as guides to parametric evaluations. These then give an understanding of the influence of important core parameters on the reactor's operation. The aim of this paper is to discuss this vast research domain and to single out the molten salt reactor configurations that deserve further evaluation.},
number = {7},
urldate = {2013-05-28},
journal = {Progress in Nuclear Energy},
author = {Mathieu, L. and Heuer, D. and Brissot, R. and Garzenne, C. and Le Brun, C. and Lecarpentier, D. and Liatard, E. and Loiseaux, J.-M. and Méplan, O. and Merle-Lucotte, E. and Nuttin, A. and Walle, E. and Wilson, J.},
month = sep,
year = {2006},
keywords = {read, breeding, Feedback coefficient, generation IV, Neutronic, Nuclear Experiment, thorium cycle},
pages = {664--679},
file = {arXiv.org Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\BWFNNTBB\\0506004.html:text/html;nucl-ex/0506004 PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\P88D4PAF\\Mathieu et al. - 2005 - The Thorium Molten Salt Reactor Moving on from t.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\4ENSAB4V\\Mathieu et al. - 2006 - The thorium molten salt reactor Moving on from th.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\WFQ6DBDV\\Mathieu et al. - 2006 - The thorium molten salt reactor Moving on from th.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\CSJWUU8C\\Mathieu et al. - 2006 - The thorium molten salt reactor Moving on from th.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\EXG3AUMK\\S0149197006000746.html:text/html;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\RGUXZFUN\\S0149197006000746.html:text/html;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\X5WR4R55\\S0149197006000746.html:text/html;thoriummsr.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\6EDWBWGB\\thoriummsr.pdf:application/pdf;thoriummsr.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\R9UGK2VX\\thoriummsr.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@incollection{leblanc_18_2017,
title = {18 - {Integral} molten salt reactor},
isbn = {978-0-08-101126-3},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978008101126300018X},
abstract = {The IMSR uses molten fluoride salt, a highly stable, inert liquid with robust coolant properties and high intrinsic radionuclide retention properties, for its primary fuel salt. A secondary, coolant salt loop, also using a fluoride salt (but without fuel), transfers heat away from the primary heat exchangers integrated inside the core-unit. The coolant salt loop, in turn, transfers its heat load to a solar salt loop, which is pumped out of the nuclear island to a separate building where it either heats steam generators that generate superheated steam for power generation or is used for process heat applications. The safety philosophy behind the IMSR is to produce a nuclear power plant with generation IV reactor levels of safety. For ultimate safety, there is no dependence on operator intervention, powered mechanical components, coolant injection or their support systems, such as electricity supply or instrument air in dealing with upset conditions. This is achieved through a combination of design features: the inert, stable properties of the salt; an inherently stable nuclear core; fully passive backup core and containment cooling systems; and an integral reactor architecture.},
urldate = {2017-11-21},
booktitle = {Molten {Salt} {Reactors} and {Thorium} {Energy}},
publisher = {Woodhead Publishing},
author = {LeBlanc, David and Rodenburg, Cyril},
editor = {Dolan, Thomas J.},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1016/B978-0-08-101126-3.00018-X},
keywords = {IMSR, Safety, generation IV, fluoride, integral molten salt reactor, nuclear system},
pages = {541--556},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\TJGWFYKX\\LeBlanc and Rodenburg - 2017 - 18 - Integral molten salt reactor.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\BWQIA75R\\LeBlanc and Rodenburg - 2017 - 18 - Integral molten salt reactor.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\XW9JXU3P\\LeBlanc and Rodenburg - 2017 - 18 - Integral molten salt reactor.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\FIC5CLH8\\B978008101126300018X.html:text/html;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\4D5HBG5Q\\B978008101126300018X.html:text/html;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\SBH7K26M\\B978008101126300018X.html:text/html},
}
@techreport{iaea_thorium_2005,
address = {Vienna, Austria},
title = {Thorium {Fuel} {Cycle} - {Potential} {Benefits} and {Challenges}},
url = {http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEABooks/7192/Thorium-Fuel-Cycle-Potential-Benefits-and-Challenges},
abstract = {Thorium Fuel Cycle Potential Benefits and Challenges},
language = {English},
number = {IAEA-TECDOC-1450},
urldate = {2018-02-02},
institution = {Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section International Atomic Energy Agency},
author = {IAEA},
month = may,
year = {2005},
pages = {113},
file = {Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\4SR2PB6K\\IAEA - 2005 - Thorium Fuel Cycle - Potential Benefits and Challe.pdf:application/pdf;IAEA Report on Thorium Fuel Cycle--May 2005.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\EI8HB6GT\\IAEA Report on Thorium Fuel Cycle--May 2005.pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\38XVA5P2\\Thorium-Fuel-Cycle-Potential-Benefits-and-Challenges.html:text/html},
}
@article{heuer_towards_2014,
title = {Towards the thorium fuel cycle with molten salt fast reactors},
volume = {64},
issn = {0306-4549},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454913004106},
doi = {10.1016/j.anucene.2013.08.002},
abstract = {There is currently a renewed interest in molten salt reactors, due to recent conceptual developments on fast neutron spectrum molten salt reactors (MSFRs) using fluoride salts. It has been recognized as a long term alternative to solid-fueled fast neutron systems with a unique potential (large negative temperature and void coefficients, lower fissile inventory, no initial criticality reserve, simplified fuel cycle, wastes reduction etc.) and is thus one of the reference reactors of the Generation IV International Forum. In the MSFR, the liquid fuel processing is part of the reactor where a small side stream of the molten salt is processed for fission product removal and then returned to the reactor. Because of this characteristic, the MSFR can operate with widely varying fuel compositions, so that the MSFR concept may use as initial fissile load, 233U or enriched uranium or also the transuranic elements currently produced by light water reactors. This paper addresses the characteristics of these different launching modes of the MSFR and the Thorium fuel cycle, in terms of safety, proliferation, breeding, and deployment capacities of these reactor configurations. To illustrate the deployment capacities of the MSFR concept, a French nuclear deployment scenario is finally presented, demonstrating that launching the Thorium fuel cycle is easily feasible while closing the current fuel cycle and optimizing the long-term waste management via stockpile incineration in MSRs.},
urldate = {2017-09-13},
journal = {Annals of Nuclear Energy},
author = {Heuer, D. and Merle-Lucotte, E. and Allibert, M. and Brovchenko, M. and Ghetta, V. and Rubiolo, P.},
month = feb,
year = {2014},
keywords = {Thorium fuel cycle, MSFR, Deployment scenario, Generation 4 reactors, Incinerator},
pages = {421--429},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\RNF6R5F9\\Heuer et al. - 2014 - Towards the thorium fuel cycle with molten salt fa.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\8ETDPPSM\\Heuer et al. - 2014 - Towards the thorium fuel cycle with molten salt fa.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\TFXWLMD3\\S0306454913004106.html:text/html;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\2ILQRZ53\\S0306454913004106.html:text/html},
}
@incollection{dai_17_2017,
title = {17 - {Thorium} molten salt reactor nuclear energy system ({TMSR})},
isbn = {978-0-08-101126-3},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081011263000178},
abstract = {The thorium molten salt reactor nuclear energy system (TMSR) is designed for thorium-based nuclear energy utilization and hybrid nuclear energy application, based on a liquid-fueled thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR-LF) and a solid-fueled thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR-SF).},
urldate = {2017-11-21},
booktitle = {Molten {Salt} {Reactors} and {Thorium} {Energy}},
publisher = {Woodhead Publishing},
author = {Dai, Zhimin},
editor = {Dolan, Thomas J.},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1016/B978-0-08-101126-3.00017-8},
keywords = {Molten salt reactor, thorium, hybrid nuclear energy application},
pages = {531--540},
file = {ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\IUVWTXVJ\\Dai - 2017 - 17 - Thorium molten salt reactor nuclear energy sy.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Full Text PDF:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\QGM7UCAA\\Dai - 2017 - 17 - Thorium molten salt reactor nuclear energy sy.pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\SUYR248M\\B9780081011263000178.html:text/html;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\4JZSFD3K\\B9780081011263000178.html:text/html},
}
@book{massachusetts_institute_of_technology_future_2003,
address = {Boston MA},
title = {The {Future} of nuclear power: an interdisciplinary {MIT} {Study}.},
isbn = {978-0-615-12420-9},
shorttitle = {The {Future} of nuclear power},
language = {English},
publisher = {MIT},
author = {{Massachusetts Institute of Technology}},
year = {2003},
note = {OCLC: 53208528},
file = {nuclearpower-full.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\QRUQM5MF\\nuclearpower-full.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@techreport{briggs_molten-salt_1969,
title = {Molten-salt reactor program. {Semiannual} progress report},
language = {English},
number = {ORNL-4396},
urldate = {2016-09-07},
institution = {Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.},
author = {Briggs, R. B.},
month = feb,
year = {1969},
keywords = {coolant loops, gases, msre, planning, reactor technology, reactors, air, decontamination, detection, fused salt fuel, leaks, liquids, pressure vessels, research and test reactors, research reactors, sampling, shielding, waste disposal, water coolant},
file = {Briggs - 1969 - Molten-salt reactor program. Semiannual progress r.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\X8DJKHWI\\Briggs - 1969 - Molten-salt reactor program. Semiannual progress r.pdf:application/pdf},
}
@techreport{euratom_final_2015,
address = {France},
type = {Final report},
title = {Final {Report} {Summary} - {EVOL} ({Evaluation} and {Viability} of {Liquid} {Fuel} {Fast} {Reactor} {System}) {\textbar} {Report} {Summary} {\textbar} {EVOL} {\textbar} {FP7}{\textbar} {European} {Commission}},
url = {https://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/159411_en.html},
abstract = {Executive Summary:An innovative molten salt reactor concept, the MSFR (Molten Salt Fast Reactor) is developed by CNRS (France) since 2004. Based on the particularity of using a liquid fuel, this...},
language = {en},
number = {249696},
urldate = {2018-05-22},
institution = {EURATOM},
author = {EURATOM},
year = {2015},
file = {Final Report Summary - EVOL (Evaluation and Viabil.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\HB992DYS\\Final Report Summary - EVOL (Evaluation and Viabil.pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\67KEHCS2\\159411_en.html:text/html},
}
@article{cervi_development_2019,
title = {Development of an {SP3} neutron transport solver for the analysis of the {Molten} {Salt} {Fast} {Reactor}},
volume = {346},
issn = {0029-5493},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549319300354},
doi = {10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.03.001},
abstract = {The aim of this paper is the extension of a multiphysics OpenFOAM solver for the analysis of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR), developed in previous works (Cervi et al., 2017, 2018). In particular, the neutronics sub-solver is improved by implementing a new module based on the SP3 approximation of the neutron transport equation. The new module is successfully tested against a Monte Carlo model of the MSFR, in order to assess its correct implementation. Then, a neutronics analysis of the MSFR is carried out on a simplified axial-symmetric model of the reactor. Particular focus is devoted to the analysis of the MSFR helium bubbling system and its effect on reactivity. The presence of bubbles inside the reactor is handled with a two-fluid thermal-hydraulics module, previously implemented into the solver. The void reactivity coefficient is evaluated on the basis of the bubble spatial distribution calculated by the multiphysics solver. Then, the results are compared to simulations carried out with uniform bubble distributions, highlighting significant differences between the two approaches. The outcomes of this work constitute a step forward in the multiphysics analysis of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor and represent a useful starting point for the optimization of the MSFR helium bubbling system, as well as for the development of appropriate control strategies.},
urldate = {2019-03-23},
journal = {Nuclear Engineering and Design},
author = {Cervi, E. and Lorenzi, S. and Cammi, A. and Luzzi, L.},
month = may,
year = {2019},
keywords = {Multiphysics, Neutron transport, Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR), OpenFOAM},
pages = {209--219},
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}
@techreport{rearden_scale_2018,
title = {{SCALE} {Code} {System}, {Version} 6.2},
number = {ORNL/TM-2005/39},
institution = {Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee},
author = {Rearden, B. T. and Jesse, M.A.},
year = {2018},
}
@article{rykhlevskii_modeling_2019,
title = {Modeling and simulation of online reprocessing in the thorium-fueled molten salt breeder reactor},
volume = {128},
issn = {0306-4549},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454919300350},
doi = {10.1016/j.anucene.2019.01.030},
abstract = {In the search for new ways to generate carbon-free, reliable base-load power, interest in advanced nuclear energy technologies, particularly Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs), has resurged with multiple new companies pursuing MSR commercialization. To further develop these MSR concepts, researchers need simulation tools for analyzing liquid-fueled MSR depletion and fuel processing. However, most contemporary nuclear reactor physics software is unable to perform high-fidelity full-core depletion calculations for a reactor design with online reprocessing. This paper introduces a Python package, SaltProc, which couples with the Monte Carlo code, SERPENT2 to simulate MSR online reprocessing by modeling the changing isotopic composition of MSR fuel salt. This work demonstrates SaltProc capabilities for a full-core, high-fidelity model of the commercial Molten Salt Breeder Reactor (MSBR) concept and verifies these results to results in the literature from independent, lower-fidelity analyses.},
urldate = {2019-01-25},
journal = {Annals of Nuclear Energy},
author = {Rykhlevskii, Andrei and Bae, Jin Whan and Huff, Kathryn D.},
month = jun,
year = {2019},
keywords = {Reactor physics, Parallel computing, Molten salt reactor, Online reprocessing, agent based modeling, Finite elements, Hydrologic contaminant transport, MOOSE, Multiphysics, nuclear engineering, Nuclear fuel cycle, Object orientation, repository, Simulation, Systems analysis, Depletion, Molten salt breeder reactor, Python, Salt treatment, Include File on Website},
pages = {366--379},
file = {Rykhlevskii et al. - 2019 - Modeling and simulation of online reprocessing in .pdf:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\IQPHC25M\\Rykhlevskii et al. - 2019 - Modeling and simulation of online reprocessing in .pdf:application/pdf;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\W5RDKFMS\\S0306454919300350.html:text/html;ScienceDirect Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Sun Myung\\Zotero\\storage\\P6PJ667C\\S0306454919300350.html:text/html},
}
@article{cervi_development_2019-1,
title = {Development of a multiphysics model for the study of fuel compressibility effects in the {Molten} {Salt} {Fast} {Reactor}},
volume = {193},
issn = {0009-2509},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009250918306742},
doi = {10.1016/j.ces.2018.09.025},
abstract = {Compressible fluid dynamics is of great practical interest in many industrial applications, ranging from chemistry to aeronautical industry, and to nuclear field as well. At the same time, modelling and simulation of compressible flows is a very complex task, requiring the development of specific approaches, in order to describe the effect of pressure on the fluid velocity field. Compressibility effects become even more important in the study of two-phase flows, due to the presence of a gaseous phase. In addition, compressibility is also expected to have a significant impact on other physics, such as chemical or nuclear reactions occurring in the mixture. In this perspective, multiphysics represents a useful approach to address this complex problem, providing a way to catch all the different physics that come into play as well as the coupling between them. In this work, a multiphysics model is developed for the analysis of the generation IV Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR), with a specific focus on the compressibility effects of the fluid that acts as fuel in the reactor. The fuel mixture compressibility is expected to have an important effect on the system dynamics, especially in very rapid super-prompt-critical transients. In addition, the presence of a helium bubbling system used for online fission product removal could modify the fuel mixture compressibility, further affecting the system transient behaviour. Therefore, the MSFR represents an application of concrete interest, inherent to the analysis of compressibility effects and to the development of suitable modelling approaches. An OpenFOAM solver is developed to handle the fuel compressibility, the presence of gas bubbles in the reactor as well as the coupling between the system neutronics and fluid dynamics. The outcomes of this analysis point out that the fuel compressibility plays a crucial role in the evolution of fast transients, introducing delays in the expansion feedbacks that strongly affect the system dynamics. Moreover, it is found that the gas bubbles significantly alter the fuel compressibility, yielding even larger differences compared to the incompressible approximation usually adopted in the current MSFR solvers.},
urldate = {2018-10-11},
journal = {Chemical Engineering Science},