SAMOSAFER builds on the results of the SAMOFAR project

Publications & Outreach

Journal papers

  1. Caruggi, Federico, Antonio Cammi, Eric Cervi, Andrea Di Ronco and Stefano Lorenzi, ‘Multiphysics Modelling of Gaseous Fission Products in the Molten Salt Fast Reactor’, Nuclear Engineering and Design 392 (June 2022) 111762. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2022.111762 
  2. Di Ronco, Andrea, Stefano Lorenzi, Francesca Giacobbo, Antonio Cammi, ‘Multiphysics analysis of RANS-based turbulent transport of solid fission products in the Molten Salt Fast Reactor’, Nuclear Engineering and Design 391 (June 2022) 111739. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2022.111739
  3. Frederix, E.M.A., ‘Estimates of noble metal particle growth in a molten salt reactor’, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 655, 20 December 2022, 130167, Doi: https:\\doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130167
  4. Nichenko, Sergii , Jarmo Kalilainen and Terttaliisa Lind, ’MSR simulation with cGEMS: Fission product release and aerosol formation’, J. Nucl. Eng. 2022, 3(1), 105-116. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/jne3010006
  5. Di Ronco A, Lorenzi S, Giacobbo F and Cammi A An Eulerian Single-Phase Transport Model for Solid Fission Products in the Molten Salt Fast Reactor: Development of an Analytical Solution for Verification Purposes. Front. Energy Res. (2021) 9:692627. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2021.692627
  6. Kalilainen, Jarmo, Sergii Nichenko, Jiri Krepel, ‘Evaporation of materials from the molten salt reactor fuel under elevated temperatures’, Journal of Nuclear Materials 533 (2020) 152134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152134
  7. Ocádiz Flores, J. A., Konings, R. J. M., & Smith, A. L. (2022). Using the Quasi-chemical formalism beyond the phase Diagram: Density and viscosity models for molten salt fuel systems. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 561, [153536]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153536

Conference papers

  1. Caruggi, Frederico, Antonio Cammi, Eric Cervi, Andrea Di Ronco, Stefano Lorenzi. Modelling and Simulation of The Gaseous Fission Product Removal in the Molten Salt Fast Reactor. Submitted to the 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH 19) March 6-11, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7275796
  2. Dietz, J., J. Krepel, S. Nichenko, ‘MSR fuel cycle and thermo-dynamics simulations’, International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles (FR22), Viena, Austria, 22 April 2022, IAEA-CN-291/34, https://conferences.iaea.org/event/218/papers/19008/files/8055-CN291-Dietz_MSR_final_rew2.pdf
  3. Andrea Di Ronco, Stefano Lorenzi, Francesca Giacobbo, Carolina Introini, Antonio Cammi, Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2022 International Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15.05.2022 – 20.05.2022. Doi : https://doi.org/10.13182/PHYSOR22-37860, https://zenodo.org/record/7284269
  4. Dulla, Sandra, Karin van der Graaf, Jan Leen Kloosterman, Stefano Lorenzi,Book of abstracts, Young Molten Salt Reactor (YMSR) conference, Politecnico di Milano, Lecco campus, June 6 – June 8, 2022
  5. IVANOV, Evgeny, Frédéric BERTRAND, Elsa MERLE, Daniel HEUER, Axel LAUREAU, Thibault LEMEUTE, Nathalie SEILER, Sebastien ISRAEL, Olivier BAUDRAND, International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles FR22, Vienna, Austria, 10-22 April 2022, FR21: IAEA-CN-291440, https://conferences.iaea.org/event/218/contributions/18877/attachments/10593/15359/FR%C2
  6. Kaaks, B.J., J.W.A. Reus, D. Lathouwers, M. Rohde and J.L. Kloosterman, Numerical study of Phase-Change Phenomeno : a comprehensive compraison between the finite-volume and Discontinuous Galerkin Method, Proceedings of the 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19), Brussels, Belgium, March 6 – 11, 2022. Doi : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7327231
  7. Kalilainen, Jarmo, Sergii Nichenko, Jiri Krepel, MSR simulations with cGEMS, to be presented at the 2021 VIRTUAL CSARP Meeting, June 7-11, 2021
  8. Le Meute Thibault, Seiler Nathalie, Bertrand Frédéric, Merle Elsa, Heuer Daniel, Modelisation of a postulated reactivity insertion in a Generation IV Molten Salt Reactor (MSR), International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles (FR22), Viena, Austria, April 2022. Doi : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7324574
  9. Merla Giulia, Antonio Cammi, and Stefano Lorenzi, ‘A New Reactivity Control Approach for Circulating Fuel Reactors’, Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe, pp. 206.1–206.8, Bled, Slovenia, September 6–9, 2021, DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7275078.
  10. Mikityuk, K., M. Ferreira, B. Hatala, J.L. Kloosterman, M. Sipova, Review of Euratom projects on Design, Safety Assessment, R&D and Licensing for ESNII/Gen-IV Fast Neutron Systems, FISA conference, May 30 – June 3 (2022).
  11. Narváez Arrúa, J. S., A. Cammi, S. Lorenzi, P.P. Rubiolo, Numerical methodology for design and evaluation of natural circulation systems for MSR applications, Proceedings of Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022) Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 12-16, 2022. Doi : https://zenodo.org/record/7314383
  12. Pitois, H., D. Heuer, A. Laureau, E. Merle, M. Allibert, S. Delpech, A closed fuel cycle option using the MSFR concept with chloride salts and the U/Pu cycle, GLOBAL 2022, International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Cycle, New nuclear perspectives in the energy supply crisis and climate emergency, July 6-8 2022, Reims, France, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7323020
  13. Scuro, N., M. Poschmann, O. Benes, M. Piro, PROGRESS IN COUPLING COMPUTATIONAL THERMODYNAMICS AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS TO SUPPORT MOLTEN SALT REACTOR APPLICATIONS, Generation 4 International Conference, Toronto, Canada, October 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7308146

BSc / MSc theses

  1. Benschop, Eva, A numerical study of simulations of an ultrasonic waveguide experiment for Power-law fluids. BSc thesis, Delft University of Technology 2022. (PDF)
  2. Bittesnich, Alberto. Analysis of the source term in circulating fuel reactors: burnup results of the SAMOSAFER benchmark. MSc thesis. Politecnico di Milano, April 2022.
  3. Bougrimov, Denis, Nonintrusive Reduced Order Modelling Using Locally Adaptive Sparse Grids and Local Basis Interpolation, MSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, April 2022. (PDF)
  4. Bus, Celeke, Simulating the Transient Freezing in cooled Non-eutectic Molten Salt Channel Flow, MSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, 2022. (PDF)
  5. Caruggi, Federico, Multiphysics Modelling Approach for the Analysis of Xenon Removal via Helium Bubbling in the Molten Salt Fast Reactor. MSc thesis. Politecnico di Milano, April 2021
  6. Caruso, Nicolò, Development of methods for the control and safety demonstration of Molten Salt Fast Reactors (MSFRs). MSc thesis. Politecnico di Torino, foreseen March 2023
  7. Dijk, Sabine van, Determining the shear-rate of shear-thinning fluids at the surface with an ultrasonic waveguide viscometer, BSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, December 2021. (PDF)
  8. Groot, Luuk, Thermodynamic modelling of molten salt systems LiF-BaF2-ZrF4 and NaF-BaF2-ZrF4, MSc Thesis, Delft University of Technology, April 2022.
  9. Grooten, Anne, Helium Bubbling in the Molten Salt Fast Reactor, BSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, November 2021. (PDF)
  10. Hartog, Tiuri, Simulating space and time dependence of a simplified thorium fuel cycle in a Molten Salt Fast reactor, BSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, August 2021. (PDF)
  11. Lakerveld, Ies, Helium Bubbling in the Molten Salt Fast Reactor, MSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, July 2021. (PDF)
  12. Malsen, Hans van, Convolutional autoencoder based reduced order modelling for physics problems, MSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, January 2022. (PDF)
  13. Merla, Giulia. Improvement of continuous reprocessing and fuel composition adjustment capabilities in SERPENT-2 for Molten Salt Reactors. MSc thesis. Politecnico di Milano, April 2021
  14. Merten, Bram, Radiative Heat Transfer in Molten Salt Reactors, MSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, April 2022.
  15. Miert, Johan van, Molybdenum Chloride Phase Behavior in MSR Fuel, MSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, July 2021.
  16. Reus, Jeroen, A Numerical Investigation of Freeze-Valve Melting based on a Linearised Enthalpy Method, MSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, August 2021
  17. Schuringa, Olivier, Determination of rheological properties of Power-law fluids using a numerical ultrasonic waveguide viscometer, MSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, July 2021. (PDF)
  18. Scioscioli, Federico. Multiphysics Analysis of an in-core Fission Product Removal System for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor, MSc thesis. Politecnico di Milano, December 2021.
  19. Tartaglia, Davide. Numerical Modelling and Simulation of Melting Phenomena for Freeze-Plugs Analysis in Molten Salt Reactors. MSc thesis. Politecnico di Milano, June 2021.
  20. Veer, Nick ter, Structural and Thermodynamic Study of the Cs-Cr-O and the Cs-Bi-Mo-O Systems, MSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, April 2022.
  21. Winden, Jesper van, Developing a Hybrid Lattice Boltzmann Finite Difference Model for Phase Change in the Molten Salt Reactor, MSc thesis, Delft University of Technology, August 2021 (PDF

Presentations and Posters

  1. Abrate, Nicolò, Nuclear data uncertainty quantification in Molten Salt Fast Reactors, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.
  2. Dumaire, Thomas, Thermodynamic assessments of the LiF-ZrF4-BaF2, NaF-ZrF4-BaF2, KF-Z, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.
  3. Caruso, Nicolò, Monte Carlo Simulation-based efficient exploration of the model of a Molten Salt Fast Reactor for the identification of abnormal operating conditions, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.
  4. Introini, Carolina, Preliminary Experimental Campaign for the Coupled DYNASTY-eDYNASTY Facility, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.
  5. Kaaks, Bouke, Density and thermal-conductivity measurements on chlorides for molten, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.
  6. Kalilainen, Jarmo; Nichenko, Sergii; Krepel, Jiri, MSR simulations with cGEMS, Presentation in Cooperative Severe Accident Research Program (CSARP) video meeting. 7-11 June, 2021. Doi: https://zenodo.org/record/4926086
  7. Krepel, Jiri, Fuel handling and waste issues for Molten Salt Reactors. Presentation at the FISA 2022/EUREDWASTE 22 conference in the embedded SNETP forum meeting, 2 June 2022, related to the selected waste issues of Molten Salt Reactors mainly from neutronics perspective. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6684068
  8. Le Meute, Thibault, Study of the impact of compressibility modelling during reactivity insertion transient in Molten Salt Fast Reactor, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.
  9. Massone, Mattia, Status and perspectives of the Molten Salt Fast Reactors analyses with the SIMMER code, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.
  10. Narvaez Arrua, Jonas Sebastian, Numerical methodology for the analysis molten salt natural circulation systems, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.
  11. Ocádiz Flores, Jaén A., Density and viscosity models of molten salt fuels, Poster Presentation at the NuMat conference, remote, 26-29 October 2020.
  12. Ocádiz Flores, Jaén A., Density and viscosity modelling of molten salts, Presentation at the Molten Salts 2021 conference, remote, 01-03 December 2021.
  13. Pater, Mateusz, Establishing a molten salt phase change benchmark – preliminary results, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.
  14. Pitois, Hugo, Design and optimisation of a breeder MSFR using U/Pu cycle, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.
  15. Pizzocri, Davide, Materials: Towards the definition of Hastelloy N properties catalogue for the preliminary design of MSFR primary confinement, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.
  16. Sornay, Thomas, Calculation tools for the simulation of the MSFR physics, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.
  17. Tartaglia, Davide, A Numerical Method for Melting Phenomena in MSFR, Presentation at the Young MSR conference, Lecco, Italy, 6-8 June 2022.

Outreach

  1. ‘SAMOSAFER: Bringing nuclear safety to the next level’, Press Release, October 2019
  2. ‘The Nederlands will really need a thorium reactor’, Interview by Joost Wassink with Jan Leen Kloosterman, Delft Integraal, October 2019
  3. ‘Horizon 2020 project SAMOSAFER granted’, News item by PSI, 19 Feb 2019
  4. Balkenende, Frank, Jan Leen Kloosterman (interview), Thoriumreactor en klassieke kerncentrale, het verschil tussen een diesel en een hybride auto, PZC, 3 maart 2021.
  5. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium, Woudenstein Chemie Conferentie, Zeist, Nov 3 (2022).
  6. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, De toekomst van kernenergie, WOTS, Utrecht, Sep 28 (2022).
  7. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Thorium kernenergie, Gemeente Altena, Sep 26 (2022).
  8. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium, Provinciale Staten Zeeland, June 17 (2022).
  9. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Nuclear in the Energy mix, Twain Talk, Brussels, June 15 (2022).
  10. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium, PBL, Den Haag, June 3 (2022).
  11. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Kernenergie en afvalproductie, RvC Covra, Vlissingen, Maart 23 (2022).
  12. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium, Gemeenteraad Den Helder, 7 Feb (2022).
  13. Kloosterman, Jan Leen,, Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium, Provinciale staten Friesland, 19 Jan (2022).
  14. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium, Provinciale Staten Gelderland, 12 Jan (2022).
  15. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Kernenergie en Thorium, D66 Jongeren, 9 Dec (2021).
  16. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Overview and Approaches in Euratom Projects and Startups, ESNII, 28 Oct (2021).
  17. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Kernenergie en Thorium, Gemeente Rotterdam, 29 Sep (2021).
  18. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Kernenergie en Thorium, D66 Jongeren, 28 Sep (2021).
  19. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium, STECK, Doetinchem, 10 Sep (2021).
  20. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Kernenergie is normaal, VVD, 30 Juni (2021).
  21. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium, VEMW, 24 Juni (2021).
  22. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, ‘SAMOSAFER, overview on required R&D’, ESFR-SMART summer school, 29-31 March 2021.Kloosterman, Jan Leen, ‘Progress in the SAMOSAFER Euratom project’, Presentations at GEN IV International Forum meeting, May 11, 2021.
  23. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, ‘Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium’, KIVI Drechtsteden, 17 May 2021.
  24. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, ‘Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium’, Studievereniging Team Energy, TU Eindhoven, 24 March 2021.
  25. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, ‘Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium’, Bijdrage Energiedebat Gedeputeerde Staten Utrecht, 3 Feb 2021.
  26. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, ‘Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium’, Bijdrage SmartPort Rotterdam, 2 Feb 2021.
  27. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, ‘Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium’, Bijdrage Energiedebat gemeente Zuidplas, 28 Jan 2021.
  28. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, ‘Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium’, Bijdrage Energiedebat Provinciale Staten Limburg, 29 Jan 2021.
  29. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, ‘Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium’, Bijdrage Energiedebat VVD Gelderland, 20 Jan 2021.
  30. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Bijdrage kernenergiedebat Tweede Kamer Commissie, 2 Dec 2020.
  31. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, ‘Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium’, Goede vrienden TU Delft, 28 Oct 2020.
  32. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, ‘Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium’, Kennisconferentie Provinciale Staten Noord Holland, 22 Oct 2020.
  33. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, ‘Kernenergie: Trends en Thorium’, Kennisconferentie Kernenergie – Thorium, Landelijke Provinciale Staten, 21 Oct 2020.
  34. Jan Leen Kloosterman, ‘R&D in Euratom projects SAMOFAR and SAMOSAFER’, MSR workshop, Oak Ridge, USA, 14-15 Oct 2020.
  35. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Discussie Kernenergie, Bijdrage Energiedebat Gedeputeerde Staten Zuid Holland, 13 May 2020.
  36. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Duurzame Kernenergie, Natuurkundige Voordrachten 2019-2020, 98, Koninklijke Mij voor Natuurkunde ‘Diligentia’, Den Haag, 17 Feb 2020.
  37. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Duurzame Kernenergie, HOVO, Leiden, 14 Feb 2020.
  38. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Thorium Molten Salt Reactors, Rotterdams Natuurkundig Genootschap, Rotterdam, 21 Jan 2020.
  39. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Overview of EU projects on Molten Salt Reactors, Thorium web meeting, Turkey, June 22-23 (2022).
  40. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, Safety Analysis of the MSFR, IAEA Technical Meeting on Next Generation Reactors and Emergency Preparedness and Response, Vienna, Oct 18-22 (2021).
  41. Kloosterman, Jan Leen, R&D in Euratom projects, MSR workshop, Oak Ridge, USA, 14-11 Oct (2022).
  42. Van der Kamp, Coen, Jan Leen Kloosterman (interview), Thorium, de energiebron van de toekomst?, NVOX, 2 Feb 2020, NVOX, 3 March 2020.
  43. Krepel, Jiri, ‘Comparison of 16 Reactors neutronic performance in closed Th-U and U-Pu cycles’ Presentations at GEN IV International Forum meeting, 24 June 2020
  44. Krepel, Jiri, Molten Salt Reactors, lecture at Summer school of PHD4GEN project, New high-temperature technologies for Poland, http://www.phd4gen.pl/program-2/
  45. Krepel, Jiri, Interview for article: FASZINATION FLÜSSIGSALZ, Atomkraft der Zukunft, Magazin «involved», No 2, p. 12. https://www.swissmem.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Involved/D/Swissmem_Magazin_involved_2021-02_d.pdf, https://www.tecindustry.ch/de/magazin/detail/faszination-fluessigsalz.html
  46. Krepel, Jiri, Presentation on MSR at PSI Day of Open Doors, 23 October 2022.
  47. Thomann, Christoph, Jiri Krepel (interview), ‘Hat die Kernenergie eine Zukunft?’, Folio 4 (2020) 22-25.