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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.
L.I. Ponomarev, C. Petitjean
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 4 | December 1991 | Pages 1022-1032
Advanced Energy Conversion/Storage and Exotic Concepts | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A11946976
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The state of the art and the recent progress made in Muon Catalyzed Fusion is reviewed. Over 100 dt fusions per muon were experimentally observed, while the most reliable value for dt sticking is ~ 0.6%. The theory describes now all kinetic processes with high precision and predicts very large rates for dμt formation at collision energies ∊μt ≈ 0.1 - 2 cV. For future exploration of this phenomenon, the use of H/D/T triple mixtures is suggested. In energy applications, the concept of the Muon Catalyzed Hybrid Reactor is discussed, especially in the context of combining it for uranium breeding with the electronuclear channel.