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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.
Talbot A. Chubb, Scott R. Chubb
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 17 | Number 4 | July 1990 | Pages 710-712
Technical Notes on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29206
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A theory of solid-state fusion based on the formation of a D+ Bose Bloch condensate (BBC) is summarized. The first step toward fusion is a coalescence reaction that converts a multiple-occupation state of chemical density into a state of nuclear density. In PdDx, conditions for formation of a BBC are favorable when x is near unity, due to avoidance of lattice strain energy that otherwise contributes to the chemical potential. Fusion obeys a 3ldquo;boson in, boson out” selection rule and avoids the proton and neutron fluxes of collision-induced fusion. Some cold fusion studies are compatible with the theory and indicate the possibility of largely radiation-free commercial nuclear power from an inexhaustible fuel supply.