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ACU gets permit to build nation’s first molten salt university research reactor
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a construction permit yesterday to Abilene Christian University, giving ACU and its partners the go-ahead to build the Molten Salt Research Reactor (MSRR) facility on its Abilene, Texas, campus. The 1-MWt research reactor is the first molten salt–fueled reactor to get a construction permit from the NRC. After Kairos Power’s Hermes, it is the second non–light water reactor construction permit issued by the NRC.
B. G. Hong, M. H. Kim, J. H. Seo
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 2013 | Pages 213-216
doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16908
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A high-enthalpy plasma facility with 0.4 MW power level has been constructed at Chonbuk National University in Korea. A segmented arc plasma torch was adopted as a plasma source for this facility. It is designed to have high thermal efficiency and long life in the production of supersonic plasma flow with enthalpy above 13 MJ/kg at a velocity of Mach 3. Diagnostic systems include enthalpy probe with mass spectrometer for the measurement of enthalpy, plasma composition and plasma temperatures, and heat flux probe for the measurement of heat flux. Visualization systems such as a pyrometer, a fast camera and an emission spectroscopy have been installed to monitor the surface temperature of the substrate, the plasma density and flow patterns.