Designs / dsn-tmsr-lf1
TMSR-LF1 experimental molten-salt reactor
SINAP’s 2 MWth experimental thermal-fluoride molten-salt reactor. The frozen NEA edition 4 design inventory includes TMSR-LF1 separately; GIF supplies the technical description. This experimental configuration is distinct from the later 30 MWth/10 MWe SINAP research design. Electrical output is not assigned from these technical sources; the existing Wuwei project records its own operating history.
- Class
- SMR
- Technology
- Molten salt reactor (MSR)
- Coolant
- molten salt
- Spectrum
- thermal
- Developer / vendor(s)
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
- Module thermal
- 2 MWth (nameplate; basis unspecified)
- Inclusion basis
- smr_by_design_class
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-13
Tracked deployment projects
- TMSR-LF1 thorium molten-salt experimental reactor, Wuwei — Operating · China
Design sources
- NEA SMR Digital Dashboard edition 4.0 (per-design siting entries) (iaea_or_nea, accessed 2026-10-02)
- GIF: molten-salt reactor history and TMSR-LF1 (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-13)
- NNSA: TMSR-LF1 operating licence 2307 (regulator_primary, dated 7 Jun 2023, accessed 2026-10-13)