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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.
R. S. Tanczyn, Q. Sharfuddin, W. A. Schier, D. J. Pullen, M. H. Haghighi, L. Fisteag, and G. P. Couchell
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 94 | Number 4 | December 1986 | Pages 353-364
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE86-A18346
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Composite delayed neutron energy spectra from the thermal neutron fission of 235U have been measured for eight delay-time intervals between 0.17 and 85.5 s. Our experimental technique combines a helium-jet and tape transfer system with a beta-neutron time-of-flight spectrometer. The neutron energy range of 0.01 to 2.0 MeV is spanned with 6Li-glass, plastic, and liquid scintillators. Spectra are compared to ENDF/B-V as well as to individual precursors' data and average energies are tabulated for the present and previous compilations. An equilibrium spectrum is also calculated and compared to ENDF/B-V and individual precursor measurements.
