Table 1
Properties of the fuel circuit and intermediate circuit materials [8,9,10,11].
| Fuel circuit | Fuel salt initial composition Mean fuel salt temperature in fuel circuit (°C) |
LiF-ThF4-233UF4 (77.5-20-2.5 mol%) 725 |
| Fuel salt temperature rise in the core (°C) | 100 | |
| Total fuel salt volume (m3) | 18 | |
| Total fuel salt cycle in the fuel circuit (s) | 3.9 | |
| Fuel salt dilation coefficient (g.cm−3.°C−1) | 8.82. 10−4 | |
| Fuel salt density (g.cm−3) | 4.1 | |
| Fuel salt melting temperature (°C) | 585 | |
| Fuel salt boiling temperature (°C) | 1742 | |
| Fuel circuit structural material | Hastelloy N | |
| Intermediate circuit | Intermediate salt | Fluoroborate (NaF-NaBF4) |
| Total intermediate salt volume (m3) | ∼100 | |
| Melting temperature (°C) | 384 |
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