NRA regulates fissionable content of fuel at 5% or less. All fuel is
buffered with U238 at 95% or more to prevent proliferation. The fissionable
content produces Pu239 from U238. U233 inclusion in the fuel as the
fissionable component makes the reprocessing of the used fuel very
dangerous because
In reply to MSF's message of Mon, 18 Jul 2022 20:26:34 +:
Hi,
[snip]
>I admit to being a thorium aficianado with a heavy prejudice toward the
>development of the thorium molten salt reactor. I have often wondered about
>its abandonment.
>
>So, from my point of view, I am quite pleased that
In reply to bobcook39...@hotmail.com's message of Thu, 2 May 2019 17:36:47
+:
Hi Bob,
[snip]
>With such a reactor, I would hope a scale-up in size with several prototype
>reactors is in the card to demonstrate validation of the design concept.
That would certainly be the prudent thing to
wrote:
Some points.
>
> 1) The fuel is dissolved in the water, so initially there is no fuel in the
> reactor until water is added, then criticality is achieved at startup by
> pulling
> control rods somewhat once the water (and fuel) has been added.
> At this point, the negative temperature
power with
good reactivity control IMHO.
Bob Cook
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In reply to bobcook39...@hotmail.com's message of Wed, 1 May 2019 02:47:34
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In reply to bobcook39...@hotmail.com's message of Wed, 1 May 2019 02:47:34
+:
Hi Bob,
Some points.
1) The fuel is dissolved in the water, so initially there is no fuel in the
reactor until water is added, then criticality is achieved at startup by pulling
control rods somewhat once the
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In reply to bobcook39...@hotmail.com's message of Tue, 30 Apr 2019 20:57:40
+:
Hi Bob,
[snip]
>As suggested, steam would reduce the flux of th
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In reply to bobcook39...@hotmail.com's message of Tue, 30 Apr 2019 20
In reply to bobcook39...@hotmail.com's message of Tue, 30 Apr 2019 20:57:40
+:
Hi Bob,
[snip]
>As suggested, steam would reduce the flux of thermalized neutrons in the
>reactor and shut it down. To maintain criticality, reactivity would need to
>be added, probably by the movement of
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In reply to JonesBeene's message of Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:42:54 -0700:
Hi Jones,
[snip]
>Robin,
>
>On first glance, one obvious thermodynamic
In reply to JonesBeene's message of Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:42:54 -0700:
Hi Jones,
[snip]
>Robin,
>
>On first glance, one obvious thermodynamic problem is steam in that every
>fission fragment capable of knocking off a neutron is also able to boil off
>several hundred million molecules of heavy
uesday, April 30, 2019 6:43 AM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com<mailto:vortex-l@eskimo.com>
Subject: RE: [Vo]:Thorium breeding now?
Robin,
On first glance, one obvious thermodynamic problem is steam – in that every
fission fragment capable of knocking off a neutron is also able to boil off
sev
Robin,
On first glance, one obvious thermodynamic problem is steam – in that every
fission fragment capable of knocking off a neutron is also able to boil off
several hundred million molecules of heavy water in the process of
thermalizing.
Consequently maintaining a liquid state with
In reply to mix...@bigpond.com's message of Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:49:17 +1000:
Hi,
[snip]
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueous_homogeneous_reactor
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
local asymmetry = temporary success
Hi,
Please see http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Thorium_breeder_in_solution.html
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
local asymmetry = temporary success
Axil suggests:
“ If they pull it off, it might just help usher in a safer future for nuclear
power.”.
I doubt it.
Bob Cook
From: Axil Axil
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 6:17:11 PM
To: vortex-l
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Thorium-salt reactor starts up.
I order
I order to get the thorium to burn, either U235 or Pu239 must be included
in the fuel load. But to comply with Nuclear regulatory agency rules, only
5% or under U235/Pu239 concentration must be maintained. This means that
almost 95% of the fuel load must be U238. This fuel load generates mostly
https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/608712/a-thorium-salt-reactor-has-fired-up-for-the-first-time-in-four-decades/?fbclid=IwAR2UXaco_FNvQq6WTJdBR60hc7IAhW-cmLK0Ivtgk0dg0uRe5XGck8OzphY
A Thorium-Salt Reactor Has Fired Up for the First Time in Four Decades
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24638816
Nuclear scientists are being urged by the former UN weapons inspector Hans
Blix to develop thorium as a new fuel.
Mr Blix says that the radioactive element may prove much safer in reactors
than uranium.
'If thorium ever makes it as a commercial nuclear fuel, uranium may be seen
as a massive and costly diversion. Some supporters of thorium believe that
it was bypassed in the past because governments wanted the plutonium from
certain conventional reactors to make atomic bombs.
They believe thorium
Hi Jones,
Here's a nice little clean (no radioisotopes) fission reaction for you, using H
clusters:-)
Th232 + 8H (cluster) = Ti50 + Os190 + 183.9 MeV
A fission reaction is essentially guaranteed given that for heavy metals such as
Th, U etc. it doesn't take much to cause them to fission. When
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