The Dual Fluid Reactor - A new Concept for a Fast Nuclear Reactor

Today’s reactor technologies depend on solid fuel rods leading to a complex fuel cycle. The operation of liquid-fueled homogeneous reactors (i.e. molten-salt reactors) leads to a tradeoff between optimal fuel processing and coolant handling. The Dual Fluid Reactor (DFR), developed by the Institut für Festkörper-Kernphysik gGmbH (Institute for Solid-State Nuclear Physics), combines the advantages of a lead-cooled fast reactor with the fuel processing capabilities of the molten-salt reactor, gaining