Study of the feasibility of setting up and operating a pilot-scale nuclear molten salt reactor demonstration

一个微型企业，能源过程发展有限公司，能够在创新英国的资助下进行为期一年的试验规模核熔盐反应堆项目可行性研究。熔盐反应堆技术可能会给民用核能工业带来巨大的变化。核能是唯一具有足够能量密度的可用技术，可以应对全球能源贫困的挑战。熔盐反应堆技术在这方面发挥了作用，因为其固有的优势使其有可能提供与煤炭竞争的能源。这项可行性研究将从各种配置方案中做出选择，向公众、决策者和所有感兴趣的各方展示一个可行的中试规模反应堆，为民用核电工业开辟一条新的道路。一个中试规模的反应堆随后可以扩大到一个工业原型，这将引领一个新的工业标准的核电反应堆。

A micro-enterprise, Energy Process Developments Ltd, is able with Innovate UK funding to undertake a year-long study of the feasibility of a pilot-scale nuclear molten salt reactor programme. Molten salt reactor technology may have the potential to bring a step-change in the civil nuclear power industry. Nuclear is the only available technology with sufficient energy density to address the challenge of global energy poverty. Molten salt reactor technology claims a role in this, because inherent advantages make it possible to provide energy competitive with coal. This feasibility study will lead to a choice from the various options of a configuration that will demonstrate for the public, decision makers, and all interested parties, a working pilot-scale reactor that opens a new pathway for the civil nuclear power industry. A pilot-scale reactor can subsequently be scaled up to an industrial proto-type that will lead the way to a new industry-standard reactor for nuclear power.