Fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactors: Review of historical milestones, research status, challenges, and outlook

D Jiang, D Zhang, X Li, S Wang, C Wang, H Qin… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor (FHR) is a Generation IV nuclear energy
system with huge potential for further development. Owing to its unique advantages, such as …

Assessment of candidate molten salt coolants for the advanced high temperature reactor (AHTR)

DF Williams - 2006 - osti.gov
The Advanced High-Temperature Reactor (AHTR) is a novel reactor design that utilizes the
graphite-matrix high-temperature fuel of helium-cooled reactors, but provides cooling with a …

High-temperature liquid-fluoride-salt closed-Brayton-cycle solar power towers

CW Forsberg, PF Peterson, H Zhao - 2007 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Liquid-fluoride-salt heat transfer fluids are proposed to raise the heat-to-electricity
efficiencies of solar power towers to about 50%. The liquid salt would deliver heat from the …

Fluoride-Salt-cooled high-Temperature Advanced Reactor (FuSTAR): An integrated nuclear-based energy production and conversion system

D Zhang, X Li, D Jiang, X Zhou, X Lv, S Yun, W Wu… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on the analysis of energy structure and the development trends of advanced nuclear
energy technology, combining the complementary advantages of nuclear energy and other …

Design, optimization and thermodynamic analysis of SCO2 Brayton cycle system for FHR

S Yun, D Zhang, X Li, X Zhou, D Jiang, X Lv… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
The small modular fluorid-salt-cooled high temperature reactor has a higher core outlet
temperature, and the Rankine cycle cannot meet the design requirements of this type …

Pre-conceptual design of a fluoride-salt-cooled small modular advanced high temperature reactor (SmAHTR)

SR Greene, JC Gehin, DE Holcomb, JJ Carbajo, D Ilas… - 2011 - osti.gov
This document presents the results of a study conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
during 2010 to explore the feasibility of small modular fluoride salt-cooled high temperature …

Design and licensing strategies for the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) technology

RO Scarlat, MR Laufer, ED Blandford… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) technology combines the
robust coated-particle fuel of high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors with the single phase …

The impact of hydrogen valence on its bonding and transport in molten fluoride salts

ST Lam, QJ Li, J Mailoa, C Forsberg… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Interest in molten salts has increased significantly over the last decade due to their potential
application in various clean-energy technologies including hydrogen generation, solar heat …

Application of the Redlich-Kister expansion for estimating the density of molten fluoride psuedo-ternary salt systems of nuclear industry interest

A Birri, R Gallagher, C Agca, J McMurray… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of next-generation molten salt reactors relies on accurate knowledge of
the thermophysical properties of the candidate coolant and fueled molten salts. These …

Demonstration of the advanced dynamic system modeling tool TRANSFORM in a molten salt reactor application via a model of the molten salt demonstration reactor

MS Greenwood, BR Betzler, AL Qualls, J Yoo… - Nuclear …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Liquid-fueled nuclear reactors, particularly molten salt reactors (MSRs), have recently
gained significant interest in the advanced reactor community. As with all reactors, modeling …