TMSR-LF1

TMSR-LF1
TMSR-LF1
	TMSR project logo
Generation	IV
Reactor concept	MSR
Status	Active
Location	China[note]
Maps
	class=notpageimage\| TMSR-LF1 (trefoil) in Gansu province (red). Shanghai campus also indicated. TMSR-LF1 (trefoil) within Minqin county (orange) is roughly 120 km (75 miles) north of the city of Wuwei (star)
Coordinates	38°57′37″N 102°36′44″E / 38.9602°N 102.6122°E
Main parameters of the reactor core
Fuel (fissile material)	HALEU
Fuel state	Liquid
Neutron energy spectrum	Thermal
Primary control method	Rods
Primary moderator	Graphite
Primary coolant	FLiBe
Reactor usage
Primary use	Prototyping
Power (thermal)	2 MW
Criticality (date)	October 2023
Operator/owner	SINAP

TMSR-LF1 (液态燃料钍基熔盐实验堆; "liquid fuel thorium-based molten salt experimental reactor") is a 2 MW_t molten salt reactor (MSR) pilot plant located in northwest China.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The project was started in 2011 at a cost of ¥ 3 billion ($US 450 million). Construction of the reactor started in 2018 and was completed in 2021. In 2022, its commissioning plan was approved, and it plans to startup for the first 5–8 years running in batch mode, before converting to continuous mode.^[6]

^ Cite error: The named reference 10MWe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ http://finance.eastmoney.com/news/1350,20180329850624284.html Archived 8 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine 实验平台及配套项目拟选址于武威市民勤县红砂岗工业集聚区，南侧紧邻纬七路、东侧紧邻东环路。
^ Tennenbaum, Jonathan (4 February 2020). "Molten salt and traveling wave nuclear reactors". Asia Times. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^ Liu, Yafen; Yan, Rui; Zou, Yang; Yu, Shihe; Zhou, Bo; Kang, Xuzhong; Hu, Jifeng; Cai, Xiangzhou (1 April 2020). "Sensitivity/uncertainty comparison and similarity analysis between TMSR-LF1 and MSR models". Progress in Nuclear Energy. 122: 103289. doi:10.1016/j.pnucene.2020.103289. ISSN 0149-1970. S2CID 213115060. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ "The off-line installation and start-up of the thorium-based molten salt experimental reactor body and the first cooling salt discharge". SINAP (in Chinese (China)). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ Cite error: The named reference WNA090822 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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[2] ttp://finance.eastmoney.com/news/1350,20180329850624284.html Archived 8 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine 实验平台及配套项目拟选址于武威市民勤县红砂岗工业集聚区，南侧紧邻纬七路、东侧紧邻东环路。

[3] Tennenbaum, Jonathan (4 February 2020). "Molten salt and traveling wave nuclear reactors". Asia Times. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

[4] Liu, Yafen; Yan, Rui; Zou, Yang; Yu, Shihe; Zhou, Bo; Kang, Xuzhong; Hu, Jifeng; Cai, Xiangzhou (1 April 2020). "Sensitivity/uncertainty comparison and similarity analysis between TMSR-LF1 and MSR models". Progress in Nuclear Energy. 122: 103289. doi:10.1016/j.pnucene.2020.103289. ISSN 0149-1970. S2CID 213115060. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

[5] "The off-line installation and start-up of the thorium-based molten salt experimental reactor body and the first cooling salt discharge". SINAP (in Chinese (China)). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

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