Low power, fast spectrum molten fuel reactor

Designs of a low power, fast spectrum molten fuel salt nuclear reactor (300) are described that may be used to facilitate understanding of the molten salt reactor, its design, and its operation. Furthermore, the described designs may be suitable for extraterrestrial applications as described herein for use as low gravity, moon-based, Mars-based, or space-based generators. These low power reactors include a reactor core volume (302) defined by a radial neutron reflector (332) enclosed in a reactor vessel (304) in which heated fuel salt flows from the reactor core through conduits (361) between the radial neutron reflector and the reactor vessel and back into the reactor core. Heat generated by fission in the reactor core is transferred from the molten fuel through the reactor vessel to the coolant in the case of experimental design, or directly to the extraterrestrial environment in the case of extraterrestrial design. 描述了低功率、快谱熔融燃料盐核反应堆(300)的设计，该设计可以被用于促进对熔融盐反应堆、其设计及其操作的理解。此外，所描述的设计可以适于如本文所述的地球外用途，以用作低重力的、基于月