The Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment was an experimental molten-salt reactor research reactor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This technology was researched through the 196
Molten salt reactor
Graphite MSRE core
MSRE air-cooled heat exchanger glowing a dull red hue to high temperature.
Aircraft Reactor Experiment building at ORNL that was retrofitted to house the MSRE.
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FLiBe is a molten salt made from a mixture of lithium fluoride and beryllium fluoride. It is both a nuclear reactor coolant and solvent for fertile or fissile material. It served both purposes in the
Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment
…Hastelloy-N, and its moderator was a pyrolytic graphite core. The fuel for the MSRE was LiF-BeF2-ZrF4-UF4 (65-29.1-5-0.9 mole %). The secondary coolant was FLiBe (2LiF-BeF2), and it operated as hot as 650 °C and operated for the equivalent of about 1.5 years of full power operation. The result promised to be a…
Purified FLiBe. Originally run in the secondary loop of the MSRE.