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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Woodhead Publishing series in energy
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Woodhead Publishing in energy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Molten Salt Reactors is a comprehensive reference on the status of molten salt reactor (MSR) research and thorium fuel utilization. There is growing awareness that nuclear energy is needed to complement intermittent energy sources and to avoid pollution from fossil fuels. Light water reactors are complex, expensive, and vulnerable to core melt, steam explosions, and hydrogen explosions, so better technology is needed. MSRs could operate safely at nearly atmospheric pressure and high temperature, yielding efficient electrical power generation, desalination, actinide incineration, hydrogen production, and other industrial heat applications. Coverage includes: Motivation -- why are we interested? Technical issues - reactor physics, thermal hydraulics, materials, environment ... Generic designs -- thermal, fast, solid fuel, liquid fuel ... Specific designs - aimed at electrical power, actinide incineration, thorium utilization ... Worldwide activities in 23 countries. Conclusions: This book is a collaboration of 58 authors from 23 countries, written in cooperation with the International Thorium Molten Salt Forum. It can serve as a reference for engineers and scientists, and it can be used as a textbook for graduate students and advanced undergrads. Molten Salt Reactors is the only complete review of the technology currently available, making this an essential text for anyone reviewing the use of MSRs and thorium fuel, including students, nuclear researchers, industrial engineers, and policy makers. Written in cooperation with the International Thorium Molten-Salt Forum Covers MSR-specific issues, various reactor designs, and discusses issues such as the environmental impact, non-proliferation, and licensingIncludes case studies and examples from experts across the globe"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Molten Salt Reactors and Thorium Energy; Copyright Page; Vision; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Need for MSR; 1.2 MSR origin and research curtailment; 1.3 MSR activities; 1.4 Fissile fuels; 1.5 Thorium fuel advantages; 1.6 Liquid fuel MSR; 1.7 Advantages of liquid fuel MSR; 1.7.1 Safety advantages; 1.7.2 Economic advantages; 1.7.3 Environmental advantages; 1.7.4 Nonproliferation advantages; 1.8 MSR development issues; 1.9 Tritium issues; References; 2 Electricity production; 2.1 Heat engines; 2.2 Rankine cycles; 2.3 Helium Brayton cycles. |
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2.4 Supercritical CO2 Brayton cycles2.5 Metal vapor combined cycles; 2.5.1 Mercury/water binary cycle; 2.5.2 Potassium/steam binary cycle; 2.6 Nuclear air Brayton power cycles; 2.6.1 Nuclear Air-Brayton combined cycle; 2.6.2 Heat storage; 2.6.3 Economics; 2.6.4 Observations; 2.7 Summary; References; 3 Chemical fundamentals and applications of molten salts; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Fundamental physicochemical properties of molten salts; 3.2.1 Molten salts as working fluids in thermochemical processes; 3.2.2 Chemistry, bonding, and electronic structure of molten salts. |
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3.2.3 Phase transformations in molten salts3.2.4 Crystallographic relations between the solid phase and persistent short-range order in molten salts; 3.2.5 Soft-sphere equations of state for the molten phase: The Helmholtz equation and proposed modifications resulting from ... ; 3.2.6 Summary of physicochemical properties of molten salts and theoretical considerations; 3.3 Remote power sources; 3.3.1 Historical context; 3.3.2 Radioisotope thermoelectric generators and betavoltaic cells as RPSs: Extracting electrical work from MSR waste; 3.3.3 Space-based nuclear reactors as remote power sources. |
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3.3.4 Materials considerations for a space-based MSR3.3.5 Fueling the MSR on Mars and its employment as elemental production platform; 3.4 Heat exchangers and materials embrittlement challenges; 3.4.1 Tellurium embrittlement; 3.4.2 Tritium embrittlement; 3.5 High-temperature commercial applications; 3.5.1 Ammonia production; 3.5.2 Hydrogen production; 3.5.2.1 Hydrogen derived from fossil fuels; 3.5.2.2 Hydrogen derived from electrolysis; 3.5.2.3 Thermochemically derived hydrogen; 3.5.3 Catalytic cracking; 3.6 Actinide burning; 3.6.1 Historical context. |
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3.6.2 Fluoride preprocessing and SNF fission for an MSR3.7 Medical isotopes; 3.8 Desalination; 3.8.1 Context; 3.8.2 Desalination plant types; 3.8.3 Global reliance on desalinated water and the nuclear role; 3.8.4 Comparison of nuclear versus renewables for desalination; 3.8.5 Nuclear versus renewables financial perspective; 3.9 Optical applications; 3.10 Summary and conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; Further Reading; 4 Reactor physics of MSR; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Interaction of neutrons with matter; 4.2.1 Several processes can produce neutrons. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Molten salt reactors.
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Molten salt reactors. |
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Thorium -- Isotopes.
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Thorium -- Isotopes. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical. |
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Reactors de sal fosa. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Dolan, Thomas J., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0081011261 9780081011263 (OCoLC)962895562 |
| ISBN |
9780081012437 (electronic book) |
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0081012438 (electronic book) |
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0081011261 |
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9780081011263 |
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