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University of California at Berkeley
HaiHua Zhao
University of California at Berkeley
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Reactor
Application
Off-gas
System
Primary
Salt Pump
Separate Facility
(Collocated
or off-site)
NaBF4 _ NaF
Coolant Salt
Secondary
Salt Pump
Converter (CR~0.9)
Waste Burner
Purified
Salt
Graphite
Moderator
Heat
Exchanger
Electricity
(Helium/Gas Turbine)
or
Hydrogen
(Thermochemical)
Reactor
Fuel Salt
Coupled
to Reactor
Breeder
Freeze
Plug
02-122R
17,655
9,005
4,167
Todays Option
Actinide burning
New requirements
Changes in the base
technology
Multi-Reheat Helium
Brayton Cycle
Secondary
Salt Pump
Coolant Salt
Graphite
Moderator
Generator
Heat
Exchanger
Recuperator
Reactor
Fuel Salt
Critically Safe,
Passively Cooled
Dump Tanks
(Emergency
Cooling and
Shutdown)
Purified
Salt
Gas
Compressor
Freeze
Plug
Cooling Water
Chemical Processing
(Collocated or off-site)
02-131R2
No salt interactions if a
heat- exchanger failure
occurs
Higher efficiency
Above: GE Power
Systems
MS7001FB
Left: GT-MHR
Power Conversion
Unit (Russian
Design)
10
12
Temperatures to 900C
Large units
>1000 psi
Structure of
Printed Circuit
Heatric Heat
Exchanger
13
Carbon-Carbon Composites
14
hMS
dMS
dHe hHe
SIDE VIEW
16
Carbon-Carbon Composites
17