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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.
M.C. Perrin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 531-535
Material Engineering — Behavior | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40093
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A materials testing scenario was developed to determine the effects of irradiation on five key material properties needed for fusion reactor design. These properties, tensile strength, fracture toughness, irradiation creep, fatigue, and swelling, were selected after consideration of the most likely failure modes to occur in a fusion reactor. Three structural materials were chosen for investigation: PCA, HT-9, and V-15Cr-5Ti. A total of 10,104 specimens were specified for irradiation, but initially only 1246 specimens would be tested. The entire testing scenario can be completed in 5-1/2 years in existing facilities.
