MSR2022

The 2022 Hybrid Molten Salt Reactor Workshop was held October 11–12, 2022, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  There was a tremendous response to the workshop this year and approximately 500 people registered for the event.

Topics presented included:

  • Overviews of US Department of Energy (DOE) and US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) MSR released activities
  • Overviews of the US DOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) MSR technology development and advanced modeling and simulation activities
  • DOE-NE and NRC sponsored MSR activities overviews
  • Safeguards and proliferation resistance
  • Salt chemistry
  • Salt irradiation
  • Modeling and simulation
  • Reactor operations and monitoring
  • Safety and licensing
  • Overviews of the current status from several MSR reactor developers’ deployment

Documents

Agenda (PDF)  Participant List (PDF)  Save the Date (PDF)

Oct 11, 2022 Presentations

 

Presentation Title Presenter Video

Plenary Overview
DOE-NE Molten Salt Reactor Activities Patricia Paviet, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory View

Nonproliferation and Regulatory Compliance Session
Domestic MC&A and Licensing Michael Dion, Oak Ridge National Laboratory View
Moltex Energy: Safeguards by Design Considerations Olivier Gregoire, Moltex Energy View
Terrestrial/IAEA Model Safeguards Approach Engagement Robin Rickman, Terrestrial Energy View
Export Controls and Molten Salt Reactors Krystee Ervin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory View

International Collaboration
GIF - MSR provisional System Steering Committee (pSSC) Overview and Activities David Holcomb, Oak Ridge National Laboratory View

MSR Activities in Japan

 Motoyasu Kinoshita, International Thorium Molten-Salt Forum View
Salt Irradiation at the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group Ralph Hania, Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group View

Corrosion Chemistry
ORNL Salt Corrosion Activities -Past to Present Jim Keiser, Oak Ridge National Laboratory View
Method for Redox Control with Continuous Electrochemical Measurement in MSRs Michael Simpson, University of Utah View
Development of a Thermodynamic Database for Corrosion in Chloride MSRs Jacob Yingling, Idaho National Laboratory View

MSR Systems Modeling
SCALE/MELCOR Non-LWR Source Term Demonstration Project – Molten SaltReactor (MSR) David Luxat, Sandia National Laboratoires (SNL)/Will Wieselquist,ORNL View
SAM Code for Systems Analysis Rui Hu, Argonne National Laboratory View
Mass Accountancy with the MOLE/GRIFFIN Code for the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Kyoung Lee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory View
ACU MSRR Systems Modeling Kevin Clarno, University of Texas-Austin View

Safety and Licensing
Experiments to Advance and Validate Accident Progression Models for MSRs Sara Thomas, Argonne National Laboratory View
Uncertainty in Molten Salt Properties Melissa Rose Argonne National Laboratory View

 

Oct 12, 2022 Presentations

 

Presentation Title Presenter Video

Physical Properties of Molten Salts
Thermal Properties Measurements of Molten Salt at Argonne National Laboratory Melissa Rose, Argonne National Laboratory View
The LANL Molten Salt Research Capability: 2022 Status Update Marissa Monreal, Los Alamos National Laboratory View
Molten Salt Thermophysical Property Measurement and Modeling Efforts at ORNL Anthony Birri, Oak Ridge National Laboratory View

Empowering Pumps
Molten Salt Pump Progress at ORNL Kevin Robb, Oak Ridge National Laboratory View
Novel Reciprocating Pump for High Temperature Molten Salts William Sames, Cinco Research Corp. View
High Temperature Molten Salt R&D Test Loops for MSR Applications Daniel Barth, High Temperature System Designs, LLC View

Working Lunch
Molten Salt Thermal Property Database –Thermophysical Property Overview and Tool Demonstration Nicholas Termini, Oak Ridge National Laboratory View

Developer Forum 1
ThorCon: Status 2022 Dane Wilson, ThorCon View
Development Update from Copenhagen Atomics Aslak Stubsgaard, Copenhagen Atomics View
NEXT: Status and Outlook (What has Changed and What Hasn’t Changed) Rusty Towell, Natura Resources, LLC View

Developer Forum 2
Terrestrial Energy: Carbon-Free Energy for Global Industry Robin Rickman, Terrestrial Energy USA View
Kairos Power Progress Update Jake McMurray, Kairos Power View
Moltex Energy: Substantiation of Innovative Design Features Andrew Ballard, Moltex Energy View