We will build a new 200 MW denatured molten salt research reactor with three validation test intermediate loops. Dr. Ralph Moir and Dick Engel have urged us to access the myriad vellum engineering illustrations generated in support of the original MSRE as a primary resource to follow in our building of the first 200 MW DMSR. Quite recently, however, an ORNL executive has undertaken a review of the design origins of the MSRE in response to our inquiries. While a number of engineering drawings have been located both in the MSRE building and elsewhere within ORNL, the consensus has come back to access a different, and more thorough resource. A series of documents that went into great detail in describing the decisions and their background on the design and operation of the Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment.
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These documents were published under the collective title of “MSRE Design and Operations Report”. They represent an invaluable repository that we present here to instruct the ‘learning curve’ we negotiate as we build a new, operational molten salt reactor.
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part I, Description of Reactor Design, by R. C. Robertson, 575 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part IIA, Nuclear and Process Instrumentation, by J. R. Tallackson, 405 pages
MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part IIB, Nuclear and Process Instrumentation, by J. R. Tallackson, 505 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part III, Nuclear Analysis, By P. N. Baubenreich, J. R. Engel, B. E. Prince, and H. C. Claiborne, 209 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part IV, Chemistry and Materials, by F. F. Blankenship and A. Taboada
To Be Located [ORNL indicates this Part IV report was never issued]
“Chemical Aspects of MSRE,” by Roy E. Thoma, 151 pages
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“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part V, Reactor Safety Analysis Report, By S. E. Beall, F. N. Baubenreich, R. B. Lindauer, and J. H. Tallackson, 314 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part V-A, Safety Analysis of Operations with 233-U, by P. N. Haubenreich, J. R. Engel, C. H. Gabbard, R. H. Geymon, and B. E. Prince, 90 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part VI, Operating Limits, by S. E. Beall and R H. Guymon, 9 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part VI REVISED, Operating Limits, by S. E. Beall and R H. Guymon, 9 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part VI – Second Revision, Operating Limits, by S. E. Beall and R H. Guymon, 9 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part VI – Third Revision, Operating Limits, by P.N. Haubenreich and R H. Guymon, 11 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part VII, Fuel Handling and Processing Plant, by R. B. Lindauer, 108 pages
“MSRE DEsign and Operations Report,” Part VII- Revised, Fuel Handling and Processing Plant, by R. B. Lindauer, 71 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part VIII – A, Operating Procedures, by R. H. Guymon,
To Be Located [ORNL-TM-908A]
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part VIII – B, Operating Procedures, by R. H Guymon,
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“MSRE Operator Training and Operating Techniques”, by R .H. Guymon, 149 Pages
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“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part IX, Safety Procedures and Emergency Plans, by R. H. Guymon, 58 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part X, Maintenance Equipment and Procedures, by E. C. Hise and R. Blumberg, 95 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part XI, Test Program, J. R. Engel, 100 pages
“MSRE Design and Operations Report,” Part XI-A, Test Program for 233-U Operation, J. R. Engel, 26 pages
“Critique of the Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment: A Collection of Comments Submitted by Persons Associated with the Reactor,” R. H. Guymon, 89 pages