• Design and development of Indian Molten Salt Breeder Reactor (IMSBR), Innovative High Temperature Reactor (IHTR) and Compact High Temperature Reactor (CHTR)
• Development of materials, systems and technologies for IMSBR and HTRs
• Design of experimental facilities for validation of IMSBR design in Molten Salt Breeder Reactor Development Facility (MSBRDF)
• Component development for molten fluoride salts at high temperatures aimed for IMSBR
• Studies and technology development for Super-critical carbon-dioxide based Brayton cycle for IMSBR and IHTR
• Component development for high temperature service conditions
• Studies and technology development for IMSBR, IHTR and CHTR (in collaboration with other divisions)
• Design of irradiation testing devices for Jules Horowitz Reactor under DAE-CEA collaboration
• Organising international workshops/meetings under School of Advanced Nuclear Energy System Studies (SANESS) of Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP)
This instrument was developed in-house as similar systems are not available commercially. It is based on Archimedes principle. The density of molten nitrate salts has been measured with an accuracy better than 0.5%.
