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Advanced Reactors Information System<ref>[https://aris.iaea.org Advanced Reactors Information System] showcases many new reactor designs.</ref> showcases many new reactor designs. Here are a few of them: | |||
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Existing reactor designs
- Molten salt reactor [r]: A nuclear reactor using molten salt as the fuel or coolant [e]
- Pressurized Water Reactor [r]: uses atomic fission to heat water in a primary loop, then pipes the heated water to a heat exchanger to generate steam in a secondary loop, then uses the steam to drive a turbine; only water in the primary loop becomes radioactive. [e]
Proposed reactor designs
Advanced Reactors Information System[1] showcases many new reactor designs. Here are a few of them:
- FC-MSR_nuclear_reactor [r]: Elysium's reactor with no moderator, capable of burning spent nuclear fuel and bomb cores. [e]
- High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor [r]: a medium-sized, next-gen, uranium-fueled, graphite-moderated, helium-cooled reactor that can provide heat for industrial processes, with electricity generation a secondary role [e]
- Molten chloride fast reactor [r]: TerraPower's Molten Chloride Fast Reactor[2] [e]
- Natrium reactor [r]: A fast reactor using molten sodium as the coolant. Development funded by Bill Gates. Like the MCSFR, capable of burning spent nuclear fuel. [e]
- NuScale small modular reactor [r]: A smaller version of a standard Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) with additional safety features.[3] [e]
- ThorCon nuclear reactor [r]: A molten salt reactor (MSR) using a mix of uranium and thorium in a fluoride salt with a graphite moderator. [e]
- Very_high_temperature_reactor [r]: A nuclear reactor using helium gas as a coolant, that might provide process heat for production of zero-carbon hydrogen from water.[4] [e]
- Fear of radiation [r]: The science relating to public fear of radiation [e]
- Nuclear waste management [r]: Storage and disposal of spent fuel and waste from nuclear power plants [e]
- Cost of nuclear power [r]: A discussion of various ways of measuring generating costs of Nuclear power [e]
- Energy storage [r]: technologies relevant to large-scale use of renewable but intermittent electric power [e]
- Energy policy and global warming [r]: results of various national policies on CO2 emissions [e]
- Radiation Hazards [r]: what everyone concerned about radiation and health should know [e]
- Mining of uranium and thorium [r]: three-quarters of the world's uranium is mined in Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia and Namibia; many of today's mines in Canada and Australia are managed for safety and environmental concerns [e]
- Uranium fuel cycle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Thorium fuel cycle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Molten salt reactor [r]: A nuclear reactor using molten salt as the fuel or coolant [e]
- Fast neutron reactor [r]: a nuclear reactor in which the fission chain reaction is sustained by fast neutrons, as opposed to thermal neutrons, requiring fuel rich in fissile material and not requiring a neutron moderator. [e]
- Nuclear jokes [r]: memes, video games, miscellaneous nonsense [e]
Footnotes and References
- ↑ Advanced Reactors Information System showcases many new reactor designs.
- ↑ MCFR Fact Sheet https://www.terrapower.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TP_2021_MCFR_Technology.pdf
- ↑ https://www.science.org/news/2019/02/smaller-safer-cheaper-one-company-aims-reinvent-nuclear-reactor-and-save-warming-planet
- ↑ https://www.gen-4.org/gif/jcms/c_9362/vhtr