Measurements of the liquidus surface and solidus transitions of the NaCl–UCl3 and NaCl–UCl3–CeCl3 phase diagrams

ES Sooby, AT Nelson, JT White, PM McIntyre - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract NaCl–UCl 3–PuCl 3 is proposed as the fuel salt for a number of molten salt reactor
concepts. No experimental data exists for the ternary system, and limited data is available for …

In Situ High-Temperature Raman Spectroscopy of UCl3: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study

AC Strzelecki, G Wang, SM Hickam, SS Parker… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Uranium trichloride (UCl3) has received growing interest for its use in uranium-fueled molten
salt reactors and in the pyrochemical processing of used fuel. In this paper, we report for the …

Advances in fuel fabrication

ES Wood, JT White, B Jaques, D Burkes… - Advances in Nuclear …, 2020 - Elsevier
Advances in the nuclear fuel cycle and the introduction of novel fuel forms necessitate
advances in fuel fabrication that encompass not only the development of commercially …

Preliminary neutron study of a thorium-based molten salt energy amplifier

P Yang, ZK Lin, W Wan, GF Zhu, XH Yu… - Nuclear Science and …, 2020 - Springer
Present designs for molten salt thermal reactors require complex online processing systems,
which are technologically challenging, while an accelerator-driven subcritical molten salt …

Implementation of an LBE spallation target in an accelerator-driven molten salt subcritical reactor

SI Bak, SW Hong, Y Kadi - Journal of Nuclear Science and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
An accelerator-driven system (ADS) combined with a subcritical molten salt reactor (MSR) is
a type of hybrid reactor originally designed to use Th/U (or U/Pu) fuel cycles. In most …

Design of an accelerator-driven subcritical dual fluid reactor for transmutation of actinides

S Bak, SW Hong, Y Kadi - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2019 - epjplus.epj.org
An accelerator-driven subcritical dual fluid reactor (AD-DFR), which is a hybrid core
operated by a high power accelerator, is designed for the transmutation of minor actinides …

Effect of NaCl on neutron flux density in graphite block

T Slančík, K Števanka - Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2019 - ojs.cvut.cz
Aim of this work is to study the effect of NaCl on neutron flux through graphite block. Graphite
block had 39 channels drilled through it and filled with NaCl. Au and In foils and In wire was …

Measurement of activation products in chloride salts irradiated by spallation neutrons

D Kral, M Zeman, J Adam, K Katovsky… - … on Electric Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a measurement of reaction rates for different reactions in NaCl samples
which were irradiated by secondary neutrons from the spallation target. As target materials …

Comparison of Neutron Flux Density in Carbon Prism filled with NaCl and Air

K Stevanka, D Kral, O Stastny, R Holomb… - … on Electric Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper compares the results of the two experiments with graphite block which has 39
holes drilled into it. In one experiment most of the holes were filled with NaCl and neutron …

Monte Carlo Calculations of Fast Neutron Transport in Chloride Salts

D an Král, K Števanka, K Katovský… - 2020 21st International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The purpose of this study is to provide data for optimization of an experimental campaign
that is under preparation within the frame of the ADAR project (Accelerator Driven Advanced …