Research Article
Comparative Study on the Neutronic Performance of Thermal and Fast Molten Salt Reactors under Once-Through Fuel Cycle
Table 1
Main design parameters of lattice and molten salts.
| | Parameters | Value |
| | Hexagonal lattice pitch | 20 cm | | Hexagonal lattice height | 400 cm | | Power density | 40 MW/m3 | | Temperature | LiF-BeF2-UF4: 900 K
LiF-UF4: 1023 K
NaCl-UCl3: 960 K | | Initial fuel salt (mol%) | LiF-BeF2-UF4 (70 : 18 : 10)
LiF-UF4 (HN0: 15-25)
NaCl-UCl3 (HN0: 25-40) | | Salt density (g/cm3) |
| | Makeup salt (mol%) | LiF-UF4 (72 : 28)
NaCl-UCl3 (50 : 50) | | 7Li enrichment | 99.995 at% | | 37Cl enrichment | 95 at% | | Online removing element | H, He, N, O, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Sn, Sb, et al. | | Removing period | 30 s |
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