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Mu*STAR: Superconducting Accelerator Driven Subcritical Molten Salt Nuclear Power Plants

Rolland Johnson, Robert Abrams, Mary Anne Cummings, Julio Lobo, Thomas Roberts, Zimmermann, Frank (Ed.), Tanaka, Hitoshi (Ed.), Sudmuang, Porntip (Ed.), Klysubun, Prapong (Ed.), Sunwong, Prapaiwan (Ed.), Chanwattana, Thakonwat (Ed.), Petit-Jean-Genaz, Christine (Ed.) (+1 others)
2022

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The Mu*STAR Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is a transformational and disruptive concept using advances in superconducting accelerator technology to burn spent nuclear fuel (SNF) to close the fuel cycle and to eliminate need for uranium enrichment. One linac drives multiple Mu*STAR Small Modular Reactors (SMR) using subcritical molten salt fueled reactors with an internal spallation neutron target. Neutrons initiate fission chains that die out in the subcritical core. That means intrinsic immunity to
more » ... criticality accidents. This new way to make nuclear energy employs continuous online removal of all fission products from molten salt fuel volatiles removed by helium purge gas. This reduces chance of accidental release. Non-volatiles removed by vortex separators, allowing complete burning of SNF.
doi:10.18429/jacow-ipac2022-thpoms043 fatcat:46jvvuwvpncdpl3m34gk3i6tae
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Rolland Johnson, Robert Abrams, Mary Anne Cummings, Julio Lobo, Thomas Roberts, Zimmermann, Frank (Ed.), Tanaka, Hitoshi (Ed.), Sudmuang, Porntip (Ed.), Klysubun, Prapong (Ed.), Sunwong, Prapaiwan (Ed.), Chanwattana, Thakonwat (Ed.), Petit-Jean-Genaz, Christine (Ed.), Schaa, Volker R.W. (Ed.). "Mu*STAR: Superconducting Accelerator Driven Subcritical Molten Salt Nuclear Power Plants." (2022) Thailand