Thorium Fueled Molten Salt Reactor Research in Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics

Colloquium: BEAR Event | August 6 | 4-5 p.m. | 3105 Etcheverry Hall

Speaker: Kun Chen, Professor and Deputy Director, Department of Nuclear Safety and Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sponsor: Nuclear Engineering (NE)

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has launched a Strategic Priority Research Program named “Advanced Fission Energy Program” in January 2011 to confront two grand challenges in the nuclear energy world – long-term nuclear fuel supply and permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The program consists of two projects, the TMSR (Thorium Molten Salt Reactor) and the ADS. The TMSR project is to......   More >

Attendance restrictions: No children under 18.