Molten Salt Breeder Reactor Development Facility

For the IMSBR development, aU technologies have been either initiated or are being initiated. In parallel, a conceptual design of a 5-MW h IMSBR is being worked out. To perform technology development for various technologies related to salts, materials, components, and power conversion systems, a Molten Salt Breeder Reactor Development Facility (MSBRDF) has been planned at the new B ARC campus in the southern Indian city of Visakhapatnam. 

MSBRDF Molten salt breeder reactor development facility... 

With India s well-known program involving heavy water reactors and fast breeders, their early involvement with MSR development is surprising to some. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) was involved with official collaborations with ORNL from 1969 to 1975 on MSBR research. Facilities were built based on salt chemistry and, in particular, studies carried out on PuFj solubility remain of great value today (Venugopal, 2013). The 2013 Conference on Molten Salts in Nuclear Technology (CMSNT) held at BARC detailed India s renewed interest in a wide variety of MSR and FHR concepts (http //moltensaltindia. org/speakers-presentations/). 

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