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, ...
As next-generation nuclear reactors, known as Gen IV power plants, are developed, it is looking more and more likely that they will be of the molten salt variety. These plants swap out radioactive ...
Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) represent a transformative approach in nuclear energy, utilising high-temperature molten salts as both coolant and fuel solvent. This design offers notable advantages in ...
The purpose of the event is to exchange information on the latest cutting-edge research and perspectives in the field of molten salt reactor fuel development, with the aim of supporting Member States ...
Nuclear energy is set to return - in the form of molten salt reactors. US researchers have developed a process for producing the necessary fuel. “It's like baking a cake,” describes Bill Phillips ...
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Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt instead of ...
Without using the conventional enriched uranium fuel rod, liquidMolten saltIntothoriumA liquid fuel mixed with a fissionable substanceThorium molten salt furnaceHas been proposed as an energy source ...
The thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR) planned by the Chinese government is an atom that mixes thorium as a parent substance with uranium or plutonium as a fissile material and uses it as both a fuel ...
Danish innovator Copenhagen Atomics has secured a major financial endorsement from the European Innovation Council (EIC) to advance its groundbreaking nuclear reactor technology. The firm will receive ...
Idaho National Laboratory announced a breakthrough this week that it’s created the world’s first molten salt fuel for nuclear ...