Molten salt reactor technology for separation and transmutation

:The most important developments regarding the available options to reduce actinide inventory will be discussed. In order to find optimal solution for achieving actinide reduction goals a possibility of creating a multicompon ent nuclear power system in which alongside thermal and fast reactors, molt en salt burner reactors will be presented. The relation between necessary single cycle transmuted fraction, fuel cycle processing losses and total losses to waste will be defined. An attempt is made to arrange the possible systems on order performance with regard to t heir potential to reduce the actinide inventory and actinide losses to wast es. The objective of this paper is to illustrate clearly the potential advantag es of innovative molten salt fluoride based reactor technology integrated w ith nonaqueous processing methods, including reductive extraction, electror efining and electrodeposition relative to traditional ones. Also, this contribution aims to review the status of molten salt reactor te chnology, including Russian experience, to evaluate the importance of remai ning uncertainties and to identify the additional work needed.