ACTIVATION OF PRIMARY COOLANT IN MOLTEN-SALT REACTOR

摘要

Estimates have been made of the "neutron and gamma dose rates.at the surface of the secondary heat exchanger of the proposed.Molten-Salt Reactor due to activation of the primary coolant. Two possible primary coolants were considered:l) liquid sodium and 2) a molten solution of the fluorides of lithium and beryllium.nIt was found that no significant neutron currents exist at the heat exchanger surface if either coolant is used. Significant gamma currents exist, however, due to the gamma radiation accompanying the decay of sodium-2U or fluorine-20.