Fuji Molten Salt Reactor
The FUJI molten salt reactor is a molten-salt-fueled Thorium fuel cycle thermal breeder reactor, using technology similar to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Molten Salt Reactor Experiment - liquid fluoride thorium reactor. It is being developed by the Japanese company International Thorium Energy & Molten-Salt Technology (IThEMS), together with partners from the Czech Republic. As a breeder reactor, it converts thorium into the nuclear fuel uranium-233. To achieve reasonable neutron economy, the chosen single-salt design results in significantly larger feasible size than a two-salt reactor (where blanket is separated from core, which involves graphite-tube manufacturing/sealing complications). As a thermal-spectrum reactor, its neutron regulation is inherently safe. Like all molten salt reactors, its core is chemically inert and under low pressure, helping to prevent explosions and toxic releases. The consortium plans to first build a much smaller MiniFUJI 10MWe reactor of the same design once it has secured an additional $300 million in funding.[1]
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- Thorium
- Thorium fuel cycle
- Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment
- Liquid fluoride thorium reactor
- Toshiba 4S reactor
- Nuclear physics
- Nuclear power plant
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