2024/01/22 by Rummana, A., Barlow, R., Myneni, G. +1
#Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2401.12056
We present a design for a small subcritical molten salt thorium breeder reactor driven by an electron accelerator. Such a reactor could provide a safe and simple power source fuelled by thorium, without generating long-lived minor actinides. We use both Geant4 and MCNPX simulations to study the production of photons and photoneutrons, the criticality and the breeding in a simple conceptual design. We show that the concept is on the edge of viability.