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Title: | Feasibility Study on Conducting a Subcritical Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Using a DD Neutron Source |
Other Titles: | Evaluation of Different Reactivity Measurement Methods |
Authors: | Mahdi, Mohammed |
Advisor: | Buijs, Adriaan |
Department: | Engineering Physics |
Keywords: | Nuclear Energy;Molten Salt Reactor;Experiment;Subcritical Pile;Reactivity Measurement;Engineering Design Process;Feasibility;Neutronic Analysis;Serpent Monte-Carlo Reactor Physic Code |
Publication Date: | 2020 |
Abstract: | Over the last two decades, there has been widespread international interest in the development of the molten salt reactor concept due to its passive safety, high coolant boiling temperature, low operational pressure, high thermal efficiency, and ease of breeding. Terrestrial Energy Incorporated (TEI) is developing a thermal-spectrum converter type molten salt reactor, called the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR-400) to be built by 2030. A physics experiment is needed in order to validate the theoretical predictions of the temperature reactivity coefficients of the IMSR-400. This thesis will determine the feasibility of conducting a subcritical experiment, utilizing a Deuterium-Deuterium Fusion Neutron Source (DD). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/25802 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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