Design of a natural circulation loop for molten salt coolant studies

With an increasing interest in small modular reactors and molten salt based coolant systems, there is an increasing need for the development of experimental facilities at Universities for training the next generation of nuclear workers. One of the fundamentals of most of the molten salt reactors will be a natural circulation mode which suggests this as a key experimental facility for students to use. With the selection of FLiNaK as the salt, …