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	<onlyinclude>The '''Molten Salt Reactor Experiment''' or MSRE was an unimaginatively named [[molten salt reactor]] design that was constructed by Oak Ridge National Laboratories ([http://www.ornl.gov/science-discovery/nuclear-science ORNL]).</onlyinclude> This reactor was constructed as a proof-of-concept and research reactor to begin what they intended to be (at the time) a long line of [[Molten salt reactor\|molten salt reactors]]. This project was later followed by the proposition of the [[Molten Salt Breeder Reactor]] (MSBR), which never became a reality. This project would have converged the benefits of both MSRE and [[breeder reactor]] designs (to turn [[fertile]] material into [[fissile]] material, which any breeder reactor would do) to further encourage nuclear development.		<onlyinclude>The '''Molten Salt Reactor Experiment''' or MSRE was an unimaginatively named [[molten salt reactor]] design that was constructed by Oak Ridge National Laboratories ([http://www.ornl.gov/science-discovery/nuclear-science ORNL]).</onlyinclude> This reactor was constructed as a proof-of-concept and research reactor to begin what they intended to be (at the time) a long line of [[Molten salt reactor\|molten salt reactors]]. This project was later followed by the proposition of the [[Molten Salt Breeder Reactor]] (MSBR), which never became a reality. This project would have converged the benefits of both MSRE and [[breeder reactor]] designs (to turn [[fertile]] material into [[fissile]] material, which any breeder reactor would do) to further encourage nuclear development.

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	For more information on molten salt reactors and the MSRE specifically please see: [http://www.whatisnuclear.com/reactors/msr.html What is nuclear?] or [http://world-nuclear.org/info/Current-and-Future-Generation/Molten-Salt-Reactors/ the World Nuclear Association].		For more information on molten salt reactors and the MSRE specifically please see: [http://www.whatisnuclear.com/reactors/msr.html What is nuclear?] or [http://world-nuclear.org/info/Current-and-Future-Generation/Molten-Salt-Reactors/ the World Nuclear Association].

	[[File:MSRE Diagram.png\|800x600px\|center\|~~framed~~\|MSRE plant diagram: (1) Reactor vessel, (2) Heat exchanger, (3) Fuel pump, (4) Freeze flange, (5) Thermal shield, (6) Coolant pump, (7) Radiator, (8) Coolant drain tank, (9) Fans, (10) Fuel drain tanks, (11) Flush tank, (12) Containment vessel, (13) Freeze valve.<ref>ORNL. (2015, Jan. 4). ''Safety and Licensing Aspects of the Molten Salt Reactor'' [Online]. Available: http://web.ornl.gov/~webworks/cppr/y2001/pres/120507.pdf </ref>]]		[[File:MSRE Diagram.png\|800x600px\|center\|thumb\|MSRE plant diagram: (1) Reactor vessel, (2) Heat exchanger, (3) Fuel pump, (4) Freeze flange, (5) Thermal shield, (6) Coolant pump, (7) Radiator, (8) Coolant drain tank, (9) Fans, (10) Fuel drain tanks, (11) Flush tank, (12) Containment vessel, (13) Freeze valve.<ref>ORNL. (2015, Jan. 4). ''Safety and Licensing Aspects of the Molten Salt Reactor'' [Online]. Available: http://web.ornl.gov/~webworks/cppr/y2001/pres/120507.pdf </ref>]]

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<onlyinclude>The '''Molten Salt Reactor Experiment''' or MSRE was an unimaginatively named [[molten salt reactor]] design that was constructed by Oak Ridge National Laboratories ([http://www.ornl.gov/science-discovery/nuclear-science ORNL]).</onlyinclude> This reactor was constructed as a proof-of-concept and research reactor to begin what they intended to be (at the time) a long line of [[Molten salt reactor|molten salt reactors]]. This project was later followed by the proposition of the [[Molten Salt Breeder Reactor]] (MSBR), which never became a reality. This project would have converged the benefits of both MSRE and [[breeder reactor]] designs (to turn [[fertile]] material into [[fissile]] material, which any breeder reactor would do) to further encourage nuclear development.

The MSRE went critical in 1965 and successfully operated until the end of the experiment in 1969 when it shut down properly. The experiment was considered a successful first step to molten salt breeder technology.<ref>P. G. Boczar and K. Bradley, “Achieving Resource Sustainability in China through the Thorium Fuel Cycle in the CANDU Reactor,” in ''Proc. 18th Int. Conf. on Nuclear Engineering'', 2010, p. 4. </ref><ref>Oak Ridge National Laboratory, “The Development Status of Molten-Salt Breeder Reactors,” 1972, p. 416.</ref>

For more information on molten salt reactors and the MSRE specifically please see: [http://www.whatisnuclear.com/reactors/msr.html What is nuclear?] or [http://world-nuclear.org/info/Current-and-Future-Generation/Molten-Salt-Reactors/ the World Nuclear Association].

[[File:MSRE Diagram.png|800x600px|center|framed|MSRE plant diagram: (1) Reactor vessel, (2) Heat exchanger, (3) Fuel pump, (4) Freeze flange, (5) Thermal shield, (6) Coolant pump, (7) Radiator, (8) Coolant drain tank, (9) Fans, (10) Fuel drain tanks, (11) Flush tank, (12) Containment vessel, (13) Freeze valve.<ref>ORNL. (2015, Jan. 4). ''Safety and Licensing Aspects of the Molten Salt Reactor'' [Online]. Available: http://web.ornl.gov/~webworks/cppr/y2001/pres/120507.pdf </ref>]]

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