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The liquid fluoride thorium reactor (acronym LFTR; spoken as lifter) is a thermal breeder reactor which uses the thorium fuel cycle in a fluoride-based molten (liquid) salt fuel to achieve high operating temperatures at atmospheric pressure.
The LFTR is a type of thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR). Molten-salt-fueled reactors (MSFRs) such as LFTR, where the nuclear fuel itself is in the form of liquid molten salt mixture, should not be confused with only molten-salt-cooled but solid-fueled reactors.
This technology was first investigated at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment in the 1960s. It has been recently investigated by Japan, China, the UK, and private US and Australian interests. Flibe Energy aims to develop a small modular reactor version using liquid FLiBe salt.
The liquid fluoride thorium reactor (acronym LFTR; spoken as lifter) is a thermal breeder reactor which uses the thorium fuel cycle in a fluoride-based molten (liquid) salt fuel to achieve high operating temperatures at atmospheric pressure.
The LFTR is a type of thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR). Molten-salt-fueled reactors (MSFRs) such as LFTR, where the nuclear fuel itself is in the form of liquid molten salt mixture, should not be confused with only molten-salt-cooled but solid-fueled reactors.
This technology was first investigated at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment in the 1960s. It has been recently investigated by Japan, China, the UK, and private US and Australian interests. Flibe Energy aims to develop a small modular reactor version using liquid FLiBe salt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor
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