MSR research at LSM has 3 main justifications:
1.education purpose (2 PhD & 8 MSc internal students, 3 PhD & 4 other guests)
2.technology monitoring (it is the most revolutionary GIV system)
3.novel research topics (liquid phase of the fuel introduces many challenges)
Two major research objectives in NES:
1.safety (tight multi-physics coupling / H2020 SAMOFAR project)
2.sustainability
MSR is rather a class of reactors than a single design.
Major achievements:
1.Development of MSR fuel cycle routine EQL0D to solve several coupled burnup matrixes.
[Hombourger et al., submitted to Ann. Nucl. Energy, 2018]
[Hombourger et al., submitted to Ann. Nucl. Energy, 2018]
2.Assessment of fuel cycle sustainability for many different MSR designs (moderated, fast, Th-U, U-Pu, …). [Hombourger et al., Nucl. Sci. Rad. Sci. 1, 011009, 2015]
3.Proposal of Breed & Burn cycle published 6 month prior the Terrapower (B. Gates) revealed their
B&B MSR research. [Hombourger et al., ICAPP conference in Nice, 2015]
B&B MSR research. [Hombourger et al., ICAPP conference in Nice, 2015]