Stable Salt Reactor Design Concept

Olga Negri; Ian Scott; Tim Abram

Stable Salt Reactor Design Concept

Olga Negri, Ian Scott, Tim Abram

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

The Stable Salt Reactor is a fast neutron static (unpumped) molten salt fueled reactor where the liquid fuel is incorporated into fuel tubes and assemblies very similar to those used in conventional solid fueled fast reactors. Construction materials are current, nuclear certified, steels with no need for relatively untested alloys such as Hastelloys. Fuel for the reactor is a low purity fraction readily isolated from spent nuclear fuel. The capital cost of the reactor promises to be radically lower than for current PWR reactors with a credible, independent cost estimate for UK construction of the nuclear island of £714 ($1080) per kW.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Thorium Energy Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Gateway to Thorium Energy - Mumbai (India); 12-15 Oct 2015
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

molten-salt
nuclear static
design safe

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