Join experts and professionals from around the world for a comprehensive 4-day training course on Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) — one of the most promising technologies in the next generation of nuclear power.
The training is delivered by leading specialists from renowned institutions such as CEA, Orano, CNRS, French universities and international specialists and experts, including the IAEA. They bring together cutting-edge research and operational experience. This unique expertise ensures high-level, up-to-date knowledge sharing and practical insights into MSR development and deployment.
Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are a class of advanced nuclear reactors that use liquid fuel — a mixture of fissile material dissolved in molten fluoride or chloride salts. Unlike conventional reactors, MSRs operate at low pressure and high temperature, offering significant advantages in terms of safety, efficiency, and waste reduction. They are considered a key innovation for the future of clean and flexible nuclear energy.
The course gives opportunity to share knowledge with renowned experts and dive into the history, the future, and the scientific and technological aspects of MSR with respect to their nuclear safety, operation and maintenance, life cycle, and nuclear fuel cycle.
Key topics include:
– MSR Fundamentals and Technology Context;
– Feedback from Historical Reactors (ARE/MSRE);
– Current international trends and achievements for MSRs;
– Reactor Design, Control, and Instrumentation;
– Thermo-Hydraulics, Neutronics and coupling;
– Corrosion, Safety, and Redox Potential;
– Mechanics, modelisation and simulation;
– MSRs Nuclear Fuel Cycle.
At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:
– Explain the operation principles of MSRs and their main technological concepts;
– Describe experience feedback from historical reactors (ARE/MSRE);
– Describe the main features of reactor design, control, and instrumentation;
– Explain the salt chemistry, including their properties and phase diagrams;
– Explain the thermalhydraulics and neutronics principles;
– Explain the main principles of corrosion, safety, and Redox potential;
– Explain the mechanical principles for operation and safety;
– Describe the nuclear fuel cycle options, characteristics and challenges;
– Explain current international trends in MSR development.
The course is designed for engineers, researchers, students, from research organisations, policymakers, regulators, industry stakeholders, who have an interest in advanced nuclear reactor systems and who are participating (or likely to participate) in a molten salt reactor development project.
In order to take maximum benefit from the course, a scientific and technical background is required, and a nuclear background is recommended.
Application is managed via the INSTN webpage: https://instn.cea.fr/en/formation/brouillon-auto-2/
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The fee for participation to the course is 1820€.
For more details and conditions, please contact us.