Conceptual core design of the molten metal fueled microreactor with self-regulating capability

Status Update on the Development of Transducers and Bonding Techniques for Enabling Acoustic Measurements of Damage in Microreactor Components

“…Mathews et al modeled a Los Alamos National Laboratory-developed heat pipe-cooled microreactor operating at 2 MWth whose maximum monolith and heat pipe surface temperatures were 853 and 815 • C, respectively [3]. Fei et al modeled a molten metal-fueled, heat pipe-cooled microreactor using a full-core analysis that resulted in a maximum heat pipe wall temperatures slightly exceeding 855 • C for some transient conditions [13].…”