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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.
H. Djerassi, C.E.A., F. Rancillac, C.E.A.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 2 | September 1985 | Pages 2160-2167
Blanket and Process Engineering | Proceedings of the Second National Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion and Isotopic Applications (Dayton, Ohio, April 30 to May 2, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A24603
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Tritium transfer in fusion reactor is one of major risk of contamination in fusion plant, as well for environment impact as for worker inside plant. The main purposes of this study is to calculate tritium concentration in each containment, taking into account containment design, leakage rate of tritium contaminated cooled water and atmospheric detritiation system. It is tried to optimize contamination level in each cases studied, on technico economical point of view, taking into account investment and operating costs, by multicriteria analysis. A computer code called TRITO (Tritium Transfer Optimization) was performed to solve for all conditions, including the two main options: one confinement and two confinement systems.