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I was indeed thinking about the NaK (sodium+potassium) alloy (which is used in some molten salt reactors, but not this one). And indeed this reactor design uses
by blattimwind 8y ago
I was indeed thinking about the NaK (sodium+potassium) alloy (which is used in some molten salt reactors, but not this one). And indeed this reactor design uses LiF (Lithiumfluoride). However, LiF-based salts have the obvious drawback of their high melting points (pure LiF 840 °C, FLiBe 460 °C).
- DennisP 8y agoI looked up NaK and only found solid-fueled fast reactors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium-potassium_alloy#Coolant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium-potassium_alloy#Coolant Do you have any examples of liquid-fueled reactors using NaK? Some MSR companies are working on fast reactors using chloride salts, including Moltex, Elysium, and Terrapower (in a project separate from their better-known sodium-cooled fast reactor). High temperature is a property of all MSRs I know of and does have some advantages, including better thermodynamic efficiency and usefulness for process heat.