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The first thorium molten salt reactor is now under construction
The first thorium molten salt reactor has officially entered the construction phase. Unlike conventional reactors, it uses thorium as a fertile material that is converted into usable fuel during ...
The Cool Down on MSN
Scientists achieve historic breakthrough with salt substance that could revolutionize nuclear power: 'A major milestone for American innovation'
This is the first time in history a fuel like this has seen success. Scientists achieve historic breakthrough with salt ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN
US firm to build Gen IV nuclear reactor that uses molten salt as both fuel and coolant
US-based Terrestrial Energy has executed an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement with the Department ...
Terrestrial Energy Inc. develops molten salt reactors with a $6.7 target and Project TETRA to meet data center demand. Read why IMSR stock is a hold.
An experimental Chinese nuclear plant reportedly just crossed a historic threshold, successfully operating the world’s first thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR). The Chinese Academy of Sciences’ ...
What if the next big thing in nuclear energy was a dusty old idea from the Cold War era? Once considered to power nuclear bombers, molten salt reactors (MSRs) are in the spotlight, promising safer, ...
Company’s second OTA agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) provides an expedited pathway to authorize operation of TEFLA, a pilot ...
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has debuted a new molten salt test loop that will support the development of advanced reactors using molten salts. The Molten Salt Flow Loop Test Bed is meant to allow ...
Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.
Kairos Power has successfully completed 1,000 hours of pumped salt operations with its non-nuclear Engineering Testing Unit (ETU) at the company’s testing and manufacturing facility in Albuquerque, ...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientific glassblower Carlos Rodriguez Flores uses a blowtorch to fabricate a glass test cell for a molten salt visualization experiment (Credit: ORNL) Oak Ridge ...
A custom-made glass test cell created by Oak Ridge National Laboratory has enabled researchers to observe how gases behave inside a molten salt reactor and investigate the complex chemistry that can ...
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