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April 7, 1966
To: Recipients of ORNL-TM~-1467
Report No. : ORNL-TM-1467 Classification: Unclassified
Author(s): ___P.R. Kasten, E.S. Bettis, H.F. Bauman, W.L. Carter, et al.
Subject: Summary of Molten-Salt Breeder Reactor Design Studies.
Request compliance with indicated action:
Please replace the table of contents on page 5 in your copy(ies) of the subject
report with the atfached. It has been prepared on gummed stock for your
convenience.
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FOREWORD
This memorandum is a partial summary of the molten-salt breeder
reactor studies which will be presented in a forthcoming ORNL report.
The purpose of the present memo is to provide results of these studies
prior to issue of the complete report.,
In utilizing these studies, it should-be emphasized that the cost
estimates tacitly assume the existence of an established industry.
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NUCLEAR PERFORMANCE AND FUEL CYCLE ANALYSES
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INTRODUCTION
Design and evaluation studies have been made of thermal molten-salt
~ breeder reactors (MSBR) in order to assess their economic and nuclear
potential and to identify the important design and development problems.
The reference reactor design presented here contains design problems -
related to molten»salt reactors in general.
The MSBR reference design concept is a two-region, two-fluid system,
with fuel salt separated from the blanket salt by graphite tubes. The
fuel salt consists of uranium fluoride dissolved in a mixture of lithium~
beryllium fluorides, while the blanket salt is a thorium-lithium fluoride
of eutectic composition (about 27 mole % thorium fluoride). The energy
generated in the reactor fluid is transferred to a secondary coolant-salt
circuit, which couples the reactor to a supercritical steam cycle. On-
site fluoride volatility processing is employed, leading to low unit
processing costs and economic operation as a thermal breeder reactor.
MSBR PLANT DESIGN
Flowsheet
Figure 1 gives the flowsheet of the 1000-Mw(e) MSBR power plant.
Fuel flows through the reactor at a rate of about 44,000 gpm (veloclty
of about 15 ft/sec), entering the core at 1000°F and leaving at 1300°F.,
The primary fuel circuit has four loops, each loop having a pump and &
primary heat exchanger. Each of these pumps has a capacity of about
11,000 gpm. The four blanket pumps and heat exchangers, although smaller,
are similar to corresponding components in the fuel system. The blanket
salt enters the reactor vessel at 1150°F and leaves at 1250°F. The
blanket salt pumps have a capa01ty of about 2000 gpm.
Four 1k OOO»gpm coolant pumps circulate the sodium fluoroborate
coolant salt, which enters the shell side of the primary heat exchanger
at 850°F and leaves at 1112°F, After leaving the primary heat exchanger,
the coolant salt is further heated to 1125°F on the shell side of the
blanket heat exchangers. The coolant then circulates through the shell
side of 16 once-through superheaters (four superheaters per pump). In
addition, four 2000-gpm pumps circulate a portion of the coolant through
eight reheaters° :
The steam system flowsheet is essentially that of the new TVA Bull
Run plant, with modifications to increase the rating to 1000 Mw(e) and to
preheat the working fluid to TOO°F prior to entering the heat exchanger—
superheater unit. A supercritical power couversion system is used, which
is appropriate for molten-salt application and takes advantage of the
high-strength struetural alloy employed. Use of a supercritical fluid
system results in an overall plant thermal efficiency of about hs%
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Reactor Design
Figure 2 shows a plan view of the MSBR cell arrangement. The reactor
cell is surrounded by four shielded cells containing the superheaters and
reheater units; these cells can be individually isolated for maintenance.
The processing cell, located adjacent to the reactor, is divided into a
high-level and a low=-level activity area.
- Figure 3 shows an elevation view of the reactor and indicates the
position of equipment in the various cells. Figure 4, a plan view of
the reactor cell, shows the location of the reactor, pumps, and fuel and
blanket heat exchangers. Figure 5 is an elevation of the reactor cell.
The Hastelloy N reactor vessel has a side wall thickness of about 1-1/k-
in. and a head thickness of about 2-1/h in.; it is designed to operate
at 1200°F and 150 psi. The plenum chambers, with 1/4-in.-thick walls,
communicate with the external heat exchangers by concentric inlet-outlet
piping. The inner pipe has slip Jjoints to accommodate thermal expansion.
Bypass flow through these slip joints is about 1% of the total flow. As
indicated in Fig. 5, the heat exchangers are suspended from the top of
the cell and are located below the reactor. Each fuel pump has a free
fluid surface and a storage volume vhich permit rapid drainage of fuel
- fluid from the core upon loss of flow. In addition, the fuel salt can
be drained to the dump tanks when the reactor is shut down for an extended
time. The entire reactor cell is kept at high temperature, while cold
"fingers” and thermal insulation surround structural support members and
all special equipment which must be kept at relatively low temperatures.
The control rod drives are located above the core, and the control rods
are inserted into the central region of the core.
The reactor vessel, sbout 1k £t in diameter by about 15 £t high,
contains a 10-ft-diam core assenmbly composed of reentry-type graphite
fuel cells. The graphite tubes are attached to the two plemum chambers
at the bottom of the reactor with graphite-to-metal transition sleeves.
Fuel from the entrance plenum flows up fuel passages in the outer region
of the fuel cell and down through a single central passage to the exit
plenmum. The fuel flows from the exit plenum to the heat exchangers,
then to the pump and back to the reactor. A lml/2mftwthick molten-salt
planket plus a l/haftwthlck graphite reflector surround the core. The
blanket salt also permeates the interstices of the core lattice so
fertile material flows through the core without mixing with the fissile
fael salt.,
The MSBR requires structural 1ntegr1ty of the graphite fuel cell.
In order to reduce the effect of radiation damage, the fuel cells have
been made small to reduce the fast flux gradient across the graphite
wall. Also, the cells are anchored only at one end to permit axial move-
ment. The core volume has been made large in order to reduce the flux
level in the core. In addition, the reactor is designed to permit re-
placement of the entire graphlte core by remote means if required.
Figure 6 shows a cross section of a fuel cello Fuel fluid flows
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