Research Article
A Concept of Online Refueling TRISO-Fueled and Salt-Cooled Reactor
Table 1
Key design parameters of some MSRs and FHRs.
| | Reactor design | Fuel form | Control rod | Thermal power (MWth) | Core inlet/exit temperatures (°C) | Fuel enrichment (wt%) | Discharge burnup of fuel (MWd/kg) | Coolant moderator | Average fuel power density (KW/kgU) | Average core power density (MW/m3) |
| | APR1400 | Fuel assembly (UO2) | Gd2O3 | 3983 | 290.6/323.9 | 235U 4.65 | 46.5 | H2O
H2O | 38.44 | 100.5 | | LFTR | Liquid fuel (LiF-BeF2-UF4) | B4C | 600 | 500/650 | 233U 0.3 | — | LiF-BeF2
Graphite | — | — | | MSR-FUJI | Liquid fuel (LiF-BeF2-ThF4-UF4) | B4C | 450 | 565/704 | 233U 0.24
Th 12.0
Pu or LEU | — | LiF-BeF2
Graphite | — | 5.5 | | MSTW | Liquid fuel (sodium-actinide fluoride) | B4C | 270 | 700/900 | Th 93.0
U 3.5
Pu 3.5 | 250 | LiF-BeF2
Graphite | — | — | | AHTR | Compact with TRISO | B4C | 2400 | 900/1000 | 235U 10.36 | — | LiF-BeF2
Graphite | | 8.3 | | Smith | Compact with TRISO | B4C | 125 | 670/700 | 235U 8.0 | 69 | LiF-BeF2
Graphite | — | 9.4 | Mk1
PB-FHR | Pebble with TRISO | B4C | 236 | 626/1371 | 235U 19.9 | 180 | LiF-BeF2
Graphite | 370 | 23 |
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