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A Paradigm Shift in Reactor Safety with the Molten Salt Fast Reactor

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Project "SAMOFAR" data sheet

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Coordinator
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT 

Organization address
address: STEVINWEG 1
city: DELFT
postcode: 2628 CN
website: www.tudelft.nl

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 Coordinator Country Netherlands [NL]
 Project website http://samofar.eu/
 Total cost 5˙235˙071 €
 EC max contribution 3˙466˙896 € (66%)
 Programme 1. H2020-Euratom-1.1. (Support safe operation of nuclear systems)
 Code Call NFRP-2014-2015
 Funding Scheme RIA
 Starting year 2015
 Duration (year-month-day) from 2015-08-01   to  2019-07-31

 Partnership

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# participants  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT NL (DELFT) coordinator 914˙041.00
2    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS FR (PARIS) participant 1˙050˙000.00
3    Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Ricerca Tecnologica Nucleare IT (MILANO) participant 519˙111.00
4    JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION BE (BRUSSELS) participant 440˙913.00
5    ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE FR (PARIS 08) participant 148˙500.00
6    COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES FR (PARIS 15) participant 99˙922.00
7    INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SURETE NUCLEAIRE FR (FONTENAY AUX ROSES) participant 92˙721.00
8    FRAMATOME FR (COURBEVOIE) participant 89˙224.00
9    KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE DE (KARLSRUHE) participant 67˙812.00
10    PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT CH (VILLIGEN PSI) participant 44˙652.00
11    AREVA NP SAS FR (COURBEVOIE) participant 0.00
12    CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS DEL INSTITUTO POLITECNICO NACIONAL MX (MEXICO) participant 0.00

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 Project objective

Imagine an inherently safe reactor that produces all electricity world-wide for thousands of years, and recycles all actinides until fission.

The Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR) can reach this goal. The cylindrical reactor core contains actinide-fluorides mixed in lithium-fluoride. The liquid salt is at ambient pressure and can freely expand upon heating, giving a strong negative reactivity feedback. The core is in its most reactive state and any geometrical change lead to lower reactivity. In case of hypothetical accidents, the fuel salt will automatically be drained via freeze plugs into fail-safe tanks. The fuel salt is continuously cleaned and controlled in an integrated chemical plant. The MSFR can operate as a breeder reactor in the thorium fuel cycle or as a burner reactor fuelled with plutonium and minor actinides. In short: the MSFR excels in safety, sustainability and optimal waste management. Within SAMOFAR we will perform advanced experiments to proof the key safety features: • The freeze plug and draining of the fuel salt • Measurement of safety-related data of the fuel salt • New coatings to structural materials like Ni-based alloys • The dynamics of natural circulation of (internally heated) fuel salts • The reductive processes to extract lanthanides and actinides from the fuel salt

Furthermore, we will build a software simulator to demonstrate the operational transients, and we will show the mild responses of the MSFR to transients and accident scenarios, using new leading-edge multi-physics simulation tools including uncertainty quantification. All experimental and numerical results will be incorporated into the new reactor design, which will be subjected to a new integral safety assessment method.

The goal of SAMOFAR is to deliver indisputable evidence of the excellent safety features of the MSFR, and to enable a consortium of important stakeholders like TSO’s and industry, to advance with the MSFR up to the Demonstration phase.

 Deliverables

List of deliverables.
Summary report of all dissemination actions published on website Documents, reports 2019-10-18 08:52:48
MSFR School for Education Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. 2019-07-25 12:47:09
Website Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. 2019-07-25 12:47:09
SAMOFAR Workshop for Exploitation Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. 2019-08-01 13:08:23

Take a look to the deliverables list in detail:  detailed list of SAMOFAR deliverables.

 Publications

year authors and title journal last update
List of publications.
2020 Marco Tiberga, Rodrigo Gonzalez Gonzaga de Oliveira, Eric Cervi, Juan Antonio Blanco, Stefano Lorenzi, Manuele Aufiero, Danny Lathouwers, Pablo Rubiolo
Results from a multi-physics numerical benchmark for codes dedicated to molten salt fast reactors
published pages: 107428, ISSN: 0306-4549, DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107428
Annals of Nuclear Energy 142 2020-04-01
2019 Peter German, Jean C. Ragusa, Carlo Fiorina
Application of multiphysics model order reduction to doppler/neutronic feedback
published pages: 17, ISSN: 2491-9292, DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2019034
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies 5 2020-03-05
2019 A. Tosolin, J.-Y. Colle, S. Mastromarino, P. Souček, L. Luzzi, R.J.M. Konings, O. Beneš
Vaporization behaviour of a PuF3-containing fuel mixture for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor
published pages: 151780, ISSN: 0022-3115, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151780
Journal of Nuclear Materials 527 2020-03-05
2019 Boris Hombourger, Jiři Křepel, Andreas Pautz
Breed-and-burn fuel cycle in molten salt reactors
published pages: 15, ISSN: 2491-9292, DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2019026
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies 5 2020-01-27
2019 Claudio Tripodo, Andrea Di Ronco, Stefano Lorenzi, Antonio Cammi
Development of a control-oriented power plant simulator for the molten salt fast reactor
published pages: 13, ISSN: 2491-9292, DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2019029
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies 5 2020-01-27
2019 Francesco Di Lecce, Antonio Cammi, Sandra Dulla, Stefano Lorenzi, Piero Ravetto
Simplified 0-D semi-analytical model for fuel draining in molten salt reactors
published pages: 14, ISSN: 2491-9292, DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2019028
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies 5 2020-01-27
2019 Stéphane Beils, Delphine Gérardin, Anna Chiara Uggenti, Andrea Carpignano, Sandra Dulla, Elsa Merle, Daniel Heuer, Michel Allibert
Application of the lines of defence method to the molten salt fast reactor in the framework of the SAMOFAR project
published pages: 18, ISSN: 2491-9292, DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2019031
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies 5 2020-01-27
2017 Pavel Souček, Ondřej Beneš, Benoit Claux, Elisa Capelli, Michel Ougier, Václav Tyrpekl, Jean-Francois Vigier, Rudy J.M. Konings
Synthesis of UF 4 and ThF 4 by HF gas fluorination and re-determination of the UF 4 melting point
published pages: 33-40, ISSN: 0022-1139, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2017.05.011
Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 200 2019-10-01
2017 Pavel Souček, Ondřej Beneš, Benoit Claux, Elisa Capelli, Michel Ougier, Václav Tyrpekl, Jean-Francois Vigier, Rudy J.M. Konings
Synthesis of UF 4 and ThF 4 by HF gas fluorination and re-determination of the UF 4 melting point
published pages: 33-40, ISSN: 0022-1139, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2017.05.011
Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 200 2019-09-26
2019 Andrea Di Ronco, Antonio Cammi, Stefano Lorenzi
Preliminary analysis and design of the heat exchangers for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor
published pages: , ISSN: 1738-5733, DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2019.07.013
Nuclear Engineering and Technology in press 2019-09-26
2019 Alberto Tosolin, Elisa Capelli, Rudy Konings, Lelio Luzzi, Ondřej Beneš
Isobaric Heat Capacity of Solid and Liquid Thorium Tetrafluoride
published pages: 3945-3950, ISSN: 0021-9568, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.9b00348
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 64/9 2019-09-26
2016 Souček, Pavel, Václav Tyrpekl, Jean-François Vigier, Ondřej Beneš, Elisa Capelli, Philippe Raison
Synthesis and characterisation of actinide fluorides for studies on Molten Salt Reactor fuel cycle
published pages: 444, ISSN: , DOI:
Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation, Workshop Proceedings of the 14th Information Exchange Meeting, OECD/NEA 17-20 October 2016 2019-08-05
2018 Souček, Pavel, Ondřej Beneš,Alberto Tosolin, Rudy Konings
Chemistry of Molten Salt Reactor Fuel Salt Candidates
published pages: 114-117, ISSN: , DOI:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 118 2019-08-05
2017 Pavel Souček, Ondřej Beneš, Benoit Claux, Elisa Capelli, Michel Ougier, Václav Tyrpekl, Jean-Francois Vigier, Rudy J.M. Konings
Synthesis of UF 4 and ThF 4 by HF gas fluorination and re-determination of the UF 4 melting point
published pages: 33-40, ISSN: 0022-1139, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2017.05.011
Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 200 2019-08-05
2016 Rubiolo, P.R., M. Tano Retamales, J. Giraud, V. Ghetta
Overview of the Salt at WAll Thermal ExcHanges (SWATH) Experiment
published pages: 1705 - 1708, ISSN: , DOI:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 115, Las Vegas, NV, Novemb 2019-07-25
2015 Davide Rodrigues, Gabriela Durán-Klie, Sylvie Delpech
Pyrochemical reprocessing of Molten Salt Fast Reactor fuel: focus on the reductive extraction step
published pages: 907-914, ISSN: 0029-5922, DOI: 10.1515/nuka-2015-0153
Nukleonika Vol 60 (4) 2019-07-25
2016 Wang, Shisheng, Mattia Massone, Andrei Rineiski and E. Merle-Lucotte
Analytical Investigation of the Draining System for a Molten Salt Fast Reactor
published pages: 11 p., ISSN: , DOI:
11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, Operation and Safety (NUTHOS-11) paper no. N11A0341 (on USB Stic 2019-07-25
2017 Pablo R. Rubiolo, Mauricio Tano Retamales, Véronique Ghetta, Julien Giraud
High temperature thermal hydraulics modeling of a molten salt: application to a molten salt fast reactor (MSFR)
published pages: 98-117, ISSN: 2267-3059, DOI: 10.1051/proc/201758098
ESAIM: Proceedings and Surveys 58 2019-07-25
2018 Gerardin, D.; Uggenti, A.C.; Beils, S.; Carpignano, A.; Dulla, S.; Merle, E.; Heuer, D.; Laureau, A.; Allibert, M.
Identification of the Postulated Initiating Events with MLD and FFMEA for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor
published pages: , ISSN: 1738-5733, DOI:
Nuclear Engineering and Technology submitted 2019-07-25
2017 Mauricio Tano, Pablo Rubiolo, Olivier Doche
Progress in modeling solidification in molten salt coolants
published pages: 74001, ISSN: 0965-0393, DOI: 10.1088/1361-651x/aa8345
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 25/7 2019-07-25
2016 Gabriela Durán-Klie, Davide Rodrigues, Sylvie Delpech
Dynamic Reference Electrode development for redox potential measurements in fluoride molten salt at high temperature
published pages: 19-26, ISSN: 0013-4686, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.02.042
Electrochimica Acta Vol 195 2019-07-25
2018 E. Cervi, S. Lorenzi, A. Cammi, L. Luzzi
Development of a multiphysics model for the study of fuel compressibility effects in the Molten Salt Fast Reactor
published pages: 379-393, ISSN: 0009-2509, DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2018.09.025
Chemical Engineering Science 193 2019-07-25
2018 A. Tosolin, P. Souček, O. Beneš, J.-F. Vigier, L. Luzzi, R.J.M. Konings
Synthesis of plutonium trifluoride by hydro-fluorination and novel thermodynamic data for the PuF 3 -LiF system
published pages: 171-177, ISSN: 0022-3115, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.02.037
Journal of Nuclear Materials 503 2019-07-25
2019 Delphine Gérardin, Anna Chiara Uggenti, Stéphane Beils, Andrea Carpignano, Sandra Dulla, Elsa Merle, Daniel Heuer, Axel Laureau, Michel Allibert
A methodology for the identification of the postulated initiating events of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor
published pages: 1024-1031, ISSN: 1738-5733, DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2019.01.009
Nuclear Engineering and Technology 51/4 2019-07-25
2017 Pavel Souček, Ondřej Beneš, Benoit Claux, Elisa Capelli, Michel Ougier, Václav Tyrpekl, Jean-Francois Vigier, Rudy J.M. Konings
Synthesis of UF 4 and ThF 4 by HF gas fluorination and re-determination of the UF 4 melting point
published pages: 33-40, ISSN: 0022-1139, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2017.05.011
Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 200 2019-07-25
2016 A. Pini, A. Cammi, M. Cauzzi, F. Fanale, L. Luzzi
An Experimental Facility to Investigate the Natural Circulation Dynamics in Presence of Distributed Heat Sources
published pages: 10-17, ISSN: 1876-6102, DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.11.002
Energy Procedia 101 2019-07-25
2018 Souček, Pavel, Ondřej Beneš,Alberto Tosolin, Rudy Konings
Chemistry of Molten Salt Reactor Fuel Salt Candidates
published pages: 114-117, ISSN: , DOI:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 118 2019-07-25
2018 S. Mastromarino, E. Capelli, A.L. Smith, O. Benes, J.L. Kloosterman
Molten Fuel Salt Interaction With Water
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
NuMat 14–18 October 2018 poster 2019-07-25
2018 D. Gérardin, M. Allibert, D. Heuer, A. Laureau, J.Martinet, E.Merle
Identification and study of incidental and accidental scenarios for the molten salt fast reactor
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
PHYTRA4 - The Fourth International Conference on Physics and Technology of Reactors and Applications September 17-19, 2018 2019-07-25
2017 Pavel Souček, Ondřej Beneš, Benoit Claux, Elisa Capelli, Michel Ougier, Václav Tyrpekl, Jean-Francois Vigier, Rudy J.M. Konings
Synthesis of UF 4 and ThF 4 by HF gas fluorination and re-determination of the UF 4 melting point
published pages: 33-40, ISSN: 0022-1139, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2017.05.011
Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 200 2019-07-25
2018 Pavel Souček,Ondřej Beneš,Alberto Tosolin, Rudy Konings
Chemistry of Molten Salt Reactor Fuel Salt Candidates
published pages: in press, ISSN: , DOI:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society ANS Annual Meeting June 17-21, 2019-07-25
2016 Pavel Souček,Václav Tyrpekl, Jean-François Vigier, Ondřej Beneš, Elisa Capelli, Philippe Raison
Synthesis and characterisation of actinide fluorides for studies on Molten Salt Reactor fuel cycle
published pages: 444, ISSN: , DOI:
Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation, Workshop Proceedings of the 14th Information Exchange Meeting, OECD/NEA 17-20 October 2016 2019-07-25
2018 J. Krepel, B. Hombourger, E. Losa
Fuel cycle sustainability of molten salt reactor concepts in comparison with other selected reactors
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
PHYTRA4 - The Fourth International Conference on Physics and Technology of Reactors and Applications September 17-19, 2018 2019-07-25
2016 Duran-Klie Gabriela, Rodrigues Davide, Delpech Sylvie
Electrochemical behavior of U(IV) in LiF-ThF4 molten salt
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
presented at Atalante 2016, juin 2016, Montpellier, France oral presentation 2019-07-25
2017 D. Heuer, A. Laureau, E. Merle-Lucotte, M. Allibert, D. Gerardin
A starting procedure for the MSFR: approach to criticality and incident analysis
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
Proceedings of the ICAPP’2017 International Conference 2019-07-25
2017 A.C. Uggenti, D. Gérardin, A. Carpignano, S. Dulla, E. Merle, D. Heuer, A. Laureau, M. Allibert
Preliminary Functional Safety Assessment for Molten Salt Fast Reactors in the framework of the SAMOFAR project
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
Proceedings of the 2017 International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2017) 2019-07-25
2018 A. Rineiski en V.Sinitsa
C4P - train neutronics tool for supporting safety studies of innovative fast reactors
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
PHYTRA4 - The Fourth International Conference on Physics and Technology of Reactors and Applications September 17-19, 2018 2019-07-25
2018 Massone, S. Wang, A. Rineiski, P. Servell
Analytical Modelling of the Emergency Draining Tank for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor M.
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
PHYTRA4 - The Fourth International Conference on Physics and Technology of Reactors and Applications 2019-07-25
2018 Rodrigo G.G. de Oliveira, Konstantin Mikityuk
Analytical solutions to a coupled fluid dynamics and neutron transport problem with application to GeN-Foam verification
published pages: 446-451, ISSN: 0306-4549, DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2018.07.036
Annals of Nuclear Energy 121 2019-07-25
2019 Eric Cervi, Stefano Lorenzi, Lelio Luzzi, Antonio Cammi
Multiphysics analysis of the MSFR helium bubbling system: A comparison between neutron diffusion, SP3 neutron transport and Monte Carlo approaches
published pages: 227-235, ISSN: 0306-4549, DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2019.04.029
Annals of Nuclear Energy 132 2019-07-25
2015 Sergii Nichenko
Thermodynamic Modelling of Molybdenum Behaviour in Chloride Molten Salt
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
TopFuel 2015 Conference, Zurich, 13-17 September 2015 2019-07-25
2017 B. Hombourger, J. Krepel, K. Mikityuk, A. Pautz
On the Feasibility of Breed-and-Burn Fuel Cycles in Molten Salt Reactors
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
Proceedings of FR17 Presented at the 2017 Internati 2019-07-25
2018 M. Tiberga, D. Shafer, D. Lathouwers, J.L. Kloosterman,
Preliminary assessment of the free-plug melting behavior in the molten salt fast reactor
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
PHYTRA4 - The Fourth International Conference on Physics and Technology of Reactors and Applications September 17-19, 2018 2019-07-25
2016 G. Duran-Klie, D. Rodrigues and S. Delpech
Development and Evaluation of a dynamic reference electrode for the redox potential measurements in fluoride molten salts
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
15th Int. Conf. on High Temperature Materials Chemistry (HTMC15) March 29 – April 1, 2016 poster 2019-07-25
2017 D. Gérardin, M. Allibert, D. Heuer, A. Laureau, E. Merle-Lucotte, C. Seuvre
Design Evolutions of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
Proceedings of the International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Next Generation Nuclear Systems for Sustainable Development (FR17), 2019-07-25
2018 S. Mastromarino, M. Rohde, O. Benes, J.L. Kloosterman
Development Of A High Temperature Ultrasonic Viscometer For Molten Salt
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
NuMat 14–18 October 2018 Oral presentation 2019-07-25
2018 Sergii Nichenko, Xiancai Lu, Bjoern Winkler, Dmitrii Kulik, Xin Liu, Victor Vinograd
Emulation of short-range ordering within the Compound Energy Formalism: Application to the calcite-magnesite solid solution
published pages: , ISSN: 0364-5916, DOI:
Calphad journal submitted 2019-07-25
2017 A. Laureau, D. Heuer, E. Merle-Lucotte, P.R. Rubiolo, M. Allibert, M. Aufiero
Transient coupled calculations of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor using the Transient Fission Matrix approach
published pages: 112-124, ISSN: 0029-5493, DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2017.02.022
Nuclear Engineering and Design 316 2019-07-25
2017 S. Wang, M. Massone, A. Rineiski, E. Merle-Lucotte, et al
A passive decay heat removal system for emergency draining tanks of molten salt reactors
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
The 17th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-17) September 3 - 8, 2017 2019-07-25

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