Review of Molten Salt Reactor Physics Calculations.

Numerical calculation of the decay widths, the decay constants, and the decay energy spectra of the resonances of the delta-shell potential

“…As can be seen for example on page 200 of Ref. [57], second-order perturbation theory can be used to show that the pole width for the transition from an initial state |i of complex energy E i + δ − i Γ R /2 to a set of final states |n satisfies the following implicit equation:…”

“…[48]. Such numerical validation is needed because there is a result of perturbation theory [57] that is seemingly in conflict with the results of Ref. [48].…”

Liquid Fluoride Salt Experimentation Using a Small Natural Circulation Cell

“…However, these three programs-ANP, MSRE, and MSBR-generated much of the existing data for fluoride salts as well as fluoride salt reactors. The significant amount of research performed during these programs covered areas such as materials compatibility with the salts, 7 salt physical properties, [8][9][10] heat transfer characteristics, 11 neutronics behavior, 12 component development, 13 salt purification and handling techniques, 14 and salt eutectic characterization, 15 among many others. Hundreds of papers and reports were generated during the course of these programs; the ones previously cited are only a few examples but should give readers an entrance point into this literature.…”