Molten salt reactor technologies :Putting science into standards

Table of Contents

• Contents 3
• Abstract 4
• Authors 4
• Foreword 5
• 1 Introduction 6
• 2 Needs for future standardisation 8
• 2.1 Net Zero Industrial Act and European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors 8
• 2.2 Needs for future standardisation in safety assessment 10
• 2.3 Needs for future standardisation to support common approaches for industrial production and operation of near-deployment reactors 11
• 2.4 Needs for future standardisation to support R&I 13
• 3 How to bridge the gap 15
• 3.1 Bridging the gap to international standards 15
• 3.2 Bridging the gap from R&D to design codes 15
• 3.3 Bridging the gap in collaboration 16
• 3.4 Bridging the capacity gap for standardisation 17
• 4 Prioritising standards and pre-normative research needs 19
• 4.1 Measurements of thermo-physical properties 19
• 4.2 Safety evaluation (common approach) 21
• 4.3 Qualification of fuels and fuel cycle 25
• 4.4 Codes & standards for materials and components 26
• 5 Molten Salt Reactors Designers 29
• 6 Conclusions 33
• References 36
• List of abbreviations and definitions 38
• List of figures 39
• List of tables 40
• Annexes 41
• Annex 1. Agenda 41
• Annex 2. Participants 42