Copenhagen Atomics is a Danish molten salt innovation business establishing mass manufacturable molten-salt reactors. The reactor type developed by Copenhagen Atomics is a thorium molten salt breeder reactor, which fits inside a custom-made developed 40 foot shipping container and can be mass produced on assembly lines with an anticipated output of minimum 1 reactor daily (per assembly line). The target clients are big plants producing products such as aluminum, ammonia or hydrogen.
Copenhagen Atomics revealed that their model reactors are prepared to be evaluated in a reality situation, in a crucial experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland.
Copenhagen Atomics has actually developed more than 10 versions of their distinct molten salt test loops. These test loops are utilized for long-lasting screening of pumps, sensing units, electronic devices and other parts and they are likewise offered to significant universities and nationwide laboratories all over the world to assist them make molten salt research study– from MIT to Berkeley and from the USA to Korea.
Turning point 3 is the thorium molten salt test reactor. It is prepared to produce approximately 1 MW of thermal output and to run for 30 days in the very first circumstances.
The primary function of the 1 MW reactor test is to confirm the computer system simulations versus real life measurements. Such recognition is required for approval of the business reactor to run securely for several years. It is anticipated to supply evidence of the innovation.
Turning point 4 is the release of industrial reactors. Copenhagen Atomics has actually refrained from doing much of this work yet, as it is vital to focus their resources on getting the 1 MW test reactor online.
Copenhagen Atomics prepares to release around 10 industrial reactor systems on the very first industrial website. Each of these reactor systems is prepared to produce 100 MW of thermal output. These reactors need to have fuel transfer from the blanket salt to the core and some fission item elimination in order to run for 3-5 years without refueling2 from external sources.
Turning point 5 has to do with developing assembly line production. The objective is to develop the very first 10 industrial reactors at our present factory in Copenhagen, however this website is not well fit for mass production. They anticipate that mass production will be established in numerous nations– probably in a few of the very first nations to approve a type approval of the business reactors, due to the fact that this will offer more certainty around for how long it will require to set up each reactor.
Turning point 6 is a really crucial turning point for the long term objective of an LCOE of USD 20 per MWh(e). If Copenhagen Atomics can reveal that our thorium molten salt reactor can end up being a breeder reactor in the thermal spectrum, this has the capacity of being among the greatest improvement in the energy sector in the last 50 years.
When it comes to thorium, there are around 1000 times more thorium (232Th) than there is 235U.
