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Hokie

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10. I did not mean to be inaccurate

Reply to NNadir (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 12:51 PM

Dec 2021

I have seen some pro-MSR sources that claim PWR only consume 1-2% of the fuel. I think you are implying the fraction of fissile material in the fuel is initially around 8% then. If the 4% fissile material left in spent fuel is mostly recoverable that makes a huge difference. Yes, the energy density of nuclear fuel is amazing.

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World's First Fast Spectrum Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor To Be Built at Idaho National Laboratory. [View all] NNadir Dec 2021 OP

Yes, most of the proposed reactors use fluoride molten salts Hokie Dec 2021 #1

I changed my mind about FLIBE; I see it as a poor choice for a number of reasons. NNadir Dec 2021 #3

Are you follwoing the Chinese MSR project? Hokie Dec 2021 #5

William the Conqueror definitely dropped the ball on this one. StevieM Dec 2021 #6

What disadvantages of Cl do you know of ? eppur_se_muova Dec 2021 #2

Chlorine 36 as an induced species from Cl-35. NNadir Dec 2021 #4

This is exciting and seems to have a lot of potential. StevieM Dec 2021 #7

Until I started looking into MSRs I had not clue how inefficient water cooled conventional ... Hokie Dec 2021 #8

This 1% figure is very, very, very misleading, and frankly, wrong. NNadir Dec 2021 #9

I did not mean to be inaccurate Hokie Dec 2021 #10

No problem. In the old days, burn ups were very low, and such a figure in older literature... NNadir Dec 2021 #11