Published December 2023 | Version v1
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Molten Salt Reactors Technology: Opportunities of Molten Salt Fuel for Actinides Management

Creators

  • 1. CEA/DES/IRESNE/DER, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France)
  • 2. CEA/DES/ISEC/DMRC, Bagnols-sur-Cèze (France)
  • 3. ORANO Support, Châtillon (France)
  • 4. ORANO Projets, Bagnols-sur-Cèze (France)

Description

French spent fuel reprocessing is based on the closed cycle strategy with the idea that fissile actinides produced in LWR can be reused and valorized, which permits enriched uranium savings. In the framework of a common R&D programme around the fuel cycle and transuranic actinide management, CEA and ORANO launched in 2020 preliminary studies around fast MSR technology. The objective was to assess the economic opportunities, the technical feasibility, and the major R&D issues of a small fast MSR for plutonium conversion. Following the Advanced Reactor for Actinide Management in Salt (ARAMIS) project, the Innovative System for Actinides Conversion (ISAC) project (2022-2025), supported by the France Relance recovery plan, has the ambition to assess the potential benefits of fast MSR with respect to minor actinide management. (author)

Part of:
Considerations for the Back End of the Fuel Cycle of Small Modular Reactors. Proceedings of a Technical Meeting

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
https://www.iaea.org/publications/15519/considerations-for-the-back-end-of-the-fuel-cycle-of-small-modular-reactors; http://www.iaea.org/books;

Publishing Information

ISBN
978-92-0-156023-0
Imprint Title
Considerations for the Back End of the Fuel Cycle of Small Modular Reactors. Proceedings of a Technical Meeting
Imprint Pagination
170 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 62-65
ISSN
1011-4289
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC--2040

Conference

Title
Technical Meeting on Considerations for the Back End of the Fuel Cycle of Small Modular Reactors
Dates
20-23 Sep 2022
Place
Vienna (Austria)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
55013983
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ENRICHED URANIUM; FUEL CYCLE; LICENSES; MOLTEN SALT FUELS; MOLTEN SALT REACTORS; PLUTONIUM; REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; REPROCESSING; SPENT FUELS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; LIQUID FUELS; MATERIALS; METALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM

Optional Information

Notes
16 refs., 1 fig., 2 tabs.