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Thorium Thermal Reactor

The Thorium Thermal Reactor (acronym TTR) is a new design concept of the LFTR (liquid flouride thorium reactor) family which itself is a type of MSR (molten salt reactor).

TTR is a thermal breeder/burner reactor that uses the thorium fuel cycle in a fluoride-based molten salt fuel to achieve high operating temperatures at atmospheric pressure and neutron use in the thermal spectra.

TTR refers to a particular design subset of LFTRs defined by reduced volume of out-of-core fissile salt, high thermal power output, ease of construction (modular) and simplified heat trasfer to the turbine block.

The LFTR technology was first investigated at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment in the 1960s. It has recently been the subject of a renewed interest worldwide. Japan, China, France, the UK, as well as private US, Czech and Australian companies have expressed intent to develop and commercialize the technology. The TTR represents the efforts of a small romanian team in the grand MSRs arena.