Description
Molten Salt Reactors and Thorium Energy, Second Edition is a fully updated comprehensive reference on the latest advances in MSR research and technology. Building on the successful first edition, Tom Dolan and the team of experts have fully updated the content to reflect the impressive advances from the last 5 years, ensuring this book continues to be the go-to reference on the topic. This new edition covers progress made in MSR design, details innovative experiments, and includes molten salt data, corrosion studies and deployment plans. The successful case studies section of the first edition have been removed, expanded, and fully updated, and are now published in a companion title called Global Case Studies on Molten Salt Reactors.Readers will gain a deep understanding of the advantages and challenges of MSR development and thorium fuel use, as well as step-by-step guidance on the latest in MSR reactor design. Each chapter provides a clear introduction, covers technical issues and includes examples and conclusions, while promoting the sustainability benefits throughout.- A fully updated comprehensive handbook on Molten Salt Reactors and Thorium Energy, written by a team of global experts- Covers MSR applications, technical issues, reactor types and reactor designs- Includes 3 brand new chapters which reflect the latest advances in research and technology since the first edition published- Presents case studies on molten salt reactors which aid in the transition to net zero by providing abundant clean, safe energy to complement wind and solar powe
Table of Contents
Applications 1. Introduction 2. Electric Power Generation 3. Other ApplicationsTechnical Issues 4. MSR Reactor physics: characterization, neutronic performance, multiphysics coupling, and reduced-order modeling 5. Kinetics, dynamics and neutron noise in stationary MSRs 6. Thermal hydraulics of liquid-fueled MSR 7. Materials 8. Physical-chemical properties of molten salts and Chemical technology of MSR fuel cycle 9. Environment, waste, and resources 10. Nonproliferation and safeguardsReactor Types 11. Liquid fuel, thermal neutron spectrum reactors 12. Fast-spectrum, liquid-fueled reactors 13. Solid fuel, salt-cooled reactors 14. Static liquid fuel reactors 15. Accelerator-driven systems 16. Fusion_fission hybridsReactor Designs 17. Thorium molten salt reactor nuclear energy system (TMSR) 18. Integral molten salt reactor 19. ThorCon reactor 20. Severe Accident Modeling and Safety Assessment for Fluid-fuel Energy Reactors (SAMOSAFER) 565 21. Stable salt fast reactor 22. EXODYS Molten Chloride Fast Reactor 23. Copenhagen Atomics waste burner 24. Seaborg Technologies ApS - Compact Molten Salt Reactor (CMSR) Power Barge 25. Dual-fluid reactor 26. Kairos Power Pebble Bed Reactor 27. TerraPower Fast Chloride Reactor 28. Conclusions
