Review of the molten salt technology and assessment of its potential to achieve an energy efficient heat management in a decarbonized chemical industry

D de Figueiredo Luiz, J Boon, GO Rodriguez… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Decarbonizing energy intensive industrial processes is a crucial starting point for
accelerating the progress toward the net-zero emissions scenario. This review aims to …

Moose reactor module: An open-source capability for meshing nuclear reactor geometries

E Shemon, Y Miao, S Kumar, K Mo… - Nuclear Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The US Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and
Simulation (NEAMS) program has developed numerous physics solvers utilizing the open …

Modeling of the molten salt reactor experiment with SCALE

F Bostelmann, SE Skutnik, ED Walker, G Ilas… - Nuclear …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
A SCALE model was developed for the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) benchmark
that was recently added to the International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics …

Multiphysics coupling methods for molten salt reactor modeling and simulation in VERA

AM Graham, Z Taylor, BS Collins… - Nuclear Science and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
New multiphysics coupling capabilities for molten salt reactor (MSR) analysis have been
developed in the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA). This development …

Reactor physics benchmark of the first criticality in the molten salt reactor experiment

D Shen, G Ilas, JJ Powers, M Fratoni - Nuclear Science and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The deployment of molten salt reactors requires validation of the computational tools used to
support the licensing process. The Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE), built and …

High-fidelity neutronics simulation of channel-type molten salt reactors

A Zhang, M Dai, M Cheng, C Zou, J Chen - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
As one of the generation IV reactors, molten salt reactors (MSRs) have attracted much
attention in recent years. Generally, molten salt acting as both fuel and coolant circulates …

Application of SCALE to Molten Salt Fueled Reactor Physics in Support of Severe Accident Analyses

A Lo, FR Bostelmann, D Hartanto, BR Betzler… - 2022 - osti.gov
As part of a US Nuclear Regulatory Commission–sponsored project to assess the modeling
and simulation capabilities for accident progression, source term, and consequence …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of SCALE, Serpent, and MCNP for Molten Salt Reactor applications using the MSRE Benchmark

KT Clarno, JE Barlow, T Sawyer, J Scherr… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The International Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiment's MSRE benchmark
provides zero-power critical validation data that has been used to assess the accuracy and …

On the employment of a chloride or fluoride salt fuel system in advanced molten salt reactors, part 1: thermophysical properties and core criticality

O Noori-kalkhoran, D Litskevich, A Detkina, L Jain… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Molten salt reactors (MSRs), as one of the six main technologies of Gen IV, can meet the
broad area of sustainability, economics, safety and reliability, proliferation resistance and …

Three-Dimensional Surrogate Model Based on Back-Propagation Neural Network for Key Neutronics Parameters Prediction in Molten Salt Reactor

X Bei, Y Dai, K Yu, M Cheng - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The simulation and analysis of neutronics parameters in Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) is
fundamental for the design of the reactor core. However, high-fidelity neutron transport …