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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.
D. E. Shumaker
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 9 | Number 1 | January 1986 | Pages 75-82
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24703
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A two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic equilibria code is used to demonstrate how the properties of the equilibria depend on the input quantities. This code uses adiabatic quantities as inputs, which are entropy and magnetic flux. With the magnetic flux held constant, it is shown that the length of the separatrix is a smooth function of the total entropy. It is shown that the shape of the separatrix can be changed from elliptical to racetrack by changing the profile of the entropy function. This code can also be used for flux and wall compression since the equilibria are determined by adiabatic quantities. Examples of flux and wall compression are presented. An equilibrium is compared with data from the FRX-C experiment.