Abstract
This study investigates the transmutation properties of a critical Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) and compares them against those of three types of solid fuel reactors - Lead cooled Fast Reactor (LFR), Sodium cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) and a PWR. A consistent comparison was made of the effect of the different reactor spectra. It was found that the fast reactors spectrum gives the best transmutation performance followed by the MSR and PWR spectra. A comparison of the fractional transmutations (FT) for an infinitive recycling of actinides (Ac) in the different reactors with a 0.1% loss fraction during reprocessing shows that the MSR has the highest FT due to its high specific power, followed by the SFR and the LFR. Taking into account FT and spectra differences the MSR has preferred transmutation capability.
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