Liquid salt applications and molten salt reactors

Societe Francaise d'Energie Nucleaire - International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - ICAPP 2007, "The Nuclear Renaissance at Work"

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 3279-3287

  Forsberg, Charles W ^a,d   Renault, C ^b   Lebrun, C ^c   Ignatiev, V ^a  

^a ORNL ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b DIF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE-BURNING; BRAYTON; BRAYTON GAS; EFFICIENT METHODS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; FUSION MACHINES; HEAT TRANSPORT; HIGH TEMPERATURES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ADVANCES IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; LIQUID COOLANTS; LIQUID SALT COOLANT; METAL-CLAD; MOLTEN SALT REACTOR; MOLTEN SALT REACTORS; MOLTEN-SALT COOLANTS; NEW APPLICATIONS; NITRATE SALTS; NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE; NUCLEAR SYSTEMS; OIL PROCESSING; OIL REFINERIES; OPERATING TEMPERATURES; POWER DENSITIES; RAPID GROWTH; REACTOR CONCEPTS; STEAM CYCLES; TEMPERATURE LIMITS; TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES;

ACTINIDES; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CARBON; COOLANTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FAST REACTORS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; FUSED SALTS; FUSION REACTIONS; GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE; GRAPHITE; HELIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INERT GASES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MELTING POINT; METALS; MINERAL OILS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; NITRATES; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OIL SHALE; OIL SHALE PROCESSING; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; POWER PLANTS; SALTS; SHALE OIL; SMELTING; STEAM ENGINEERING; STEAM POWER PLANTS; TECHNOLOGY; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TURBINES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 52249113941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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