Development and verification of fuel management code for liquid-fueled molten salt reactor based on deterministic code system

BackgroundMolten salt reactor (MSR), a candidate of the Generation IV reactors, has the advantages of inherent safety and good neutron economy. The circulation flow of fuel, on-line refueling and reprocessing are the three features of liquid fuel in MSR. Due to the features of liquid fuel, the fuel management regulations for conventional reactors that use solid fuels are not applicable to liquid-fueled MSR.PurposeThis study aims to develope a new fuel management code named ThorNEMFM to analyze liquid fuel management of MSR.MethodsFirst of all, the self-developed deterministic code ThorCORE3D was coupled with the cross section processing module and a burnup calculation module. Then a fuel management analysis program ThorNEMFM was developed for liquid fuel molten salt reactor to realize on-line feeding and fission product processing. Finally, the ThorNEMFM was verified on molten salt reactor experiment (MSRE), molten salt breeder reactor (MSBR) and molten salt fast reactor (MSFR).ResultsThe results of benchmark