Conception of electron beam‐driven subcritical molten salt ultimate safety reactor

This paper is a preliminary sketch of a conception to develop the ‘‘ultimate safety reactor’’ using modern reactor and accelerator technologies. This approach would not require a long‐range R&D program. The ultimate safety reactor could produce heat and electric energy, expand the production of fuel, or be used for the transmutation of long‐lived wastes. The use of the combined double molten salt reactor system allows adequate neutron multiplication to permit using an electron accelerator for the initial neutron flux. The general parameters of such a system are discussed in this paper.