Molten salt reactor

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:advantage High operating temperature
Corrosive salt chemistry
Limited commercial experience
Low pressure operation
Material challenges
Passive safety features
Potential for online refueling
gptkbp:agingPotential gptkb:District_heating
Industrial applications
Desalination
Load following capability
Nuclear waste reduction
Proliferation resistance
gptkbp:canUseModerator Graphite
No moderator
gptkbp:coolingSystem Molten salt
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Canada
gptkb:China
gptkb:France
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory
1950s
gptkbp:fuelType gptkb:uranium
gptkb:Thorium
Plutonium
Dissolved nuclear fuel
gptkbp:hasFuelForm Liquid fuel
Solid fuel (in some designs)
gptkbp:hasPrototype gptkb:Molten_Salt_Reactor_Experiment
gptkbp:hasVariant Breeder reactor design
Converter reactor design
Dual fluid design
Fast spectrum design
Single fluid design
Thermal spectrum design
gptkbp:hasWasteProduct Fission products
Transuranic elements
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Molten salt reactor
gptkbp:notableProject China's TMSR project
Copenhagen Atomics
Elysium Industries
Moltex Energy
Seaborg Technologies
Southern Company's molten salt reactor project
Terrestrial Energy IMSR
ThorCon
gptkbp:produces gptkb:Hydrogen
Electricity
Process heat
gptkbp:relatedTo Liquid fluoride thorium reactor
Molten salt breeder reactor
Small modular reactor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Graphite-moderated_Reactor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6