Molten Salts as Tritium Breeders in Fusion Reactors by Monica Humrickhouse @ ORNL MSRW 2023

"Molten Salts as Tritium Breeders in Fusion Reactors" presented by Monica Humrickhouse of ORNL at ORNL MSRW 2023 (Oak Ridge National Laboratory Molten-Salt Reactor Workshop 2023.)
Fluoride salts, in particular FLiBe, are a candidate tritium breeder for future D-T fusion reactors
FLiBe can achieve TBRs greater-than 1, though addition of multiplier materials such as solid beryllium or beryllide compounds, may be required
A primary reason to pursue salts is their low electrical conductivity:
Mitigate induced MHD forces in magnetic confinement fusion (relative to liquid metals)
May help enable plasma control in tokamaks
The principal challenges are:
The lack of a compatible high-temperature, low-activation material; the long timeline of new material development is an obstacle to near-term deployment of FLiBe blankets
Tritium control, exacerbated by low solubility in FLiBe and high temperature operation; additional R&D is required in this area
ThoriumRemix.com/ Thorium & MSR & Nuclear assets used in Thorium Remix project.

[@raisinbartholamew5864]

seems like a good application for ceramic liners

[@SampleroftheMultiverse]

Well presented.

[@GreezyWorks]

This needs a new marketing approach. Tritium breeder sound like an animal farm. On the other hand "Lithium-ion renewable fuel technology..."

[@davidwilkie9551]

If you look at the circumstances of exim-plosion holographic nodal-vibrational differentiates of amplitude-frequency integrated nucleation, the flash-fractal resonance bonding relative-timing proportioning demonstrates how cubic 2-ness log-antilog in 3-ness Cavity Resonance applies, Clarified through Quantum Mechanics sync-duration bonding is demonstrative of string-like nodal-vibrational emitter-receiver quantization cause-effect floating flash-fractal in e-Pi-i 1-0-infinity instantaneous reference-framing containment, wave-particle positioning Circuitry.
Ie, it does not have to be a potential bomb manufacturing mistake to have controlled mass-energy-momentum continuous emitter-receiver metastable balance. Or, plasma is not-what-you-think in potential elemental structures, holographic bonding->laminated crystal matrix, or properly designed energy devices.

[@elabijt1715]

I witnessed an sodium fire on the roof of the Kalkar Breeder reactor before it even had been finished and have enough of this playing with fire. Radioactive dirt.

[@gordonmcdowell]

How is that pertinent? A sodium fire ... so... say no to ... fusion?

[@IDNeon357]

The first wall isn't wide enough (1.2meters for 14.1MeVs) and the high pressure of the first wall is prohibitive for secondary fluid circuits that have to be now an even HIGHER pressure to contain the irradiated materials in the first system in case of breaches.