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INL makes first fuel for Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment
Idaho National Laboratory has announced the creation of the first batch of enriched uranium chloride fuel salt for the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE). INL said that its fuel production team delivered the first fuel salt batch at the end of September, and it intends to produce four additional batches by March 2026. MCRE will require a total of 72–75 batches of fuel salt for the reactor to go critical.
E. Greenspan, G. H. Miley
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 2 | Number 1 | January 1982 | Pages 43-54
Technical Paper | Fusion Fuel Cycles | doi.org/10.13182/FST82-A20733
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The maximum fraction of 3He recoverable from deuterium-based plasmas (to fuel D-3He fusion reactors) is investigated, and optimal plasma conditions are identified. The upper bound to the fraction of 3He recoverable from ignited plasmas is ∼80%, corresponding to one 3He atom per 50 MeV of fusion energy, but recovery efficiency is very sensitive to the plasma energy balance. Effects of enhanced radiation losses, tritium assistance, ion/electron temperature split, plasma temperature and density profiles, and external plasma heating are examined. It appears possible to recover ∼70% of the 3He produced in realistic driven semi-catalyzed deuterium (SCD) plasmas, at 70 MeV per atom. This suggests interesting possibilities for the symbiosis of SCD synfuel factories with satellite D-3He reactors for the generation of electricity.
