So too for molten salt reactors (MSRs ... The use of salts as coolant would however continue worldwide, mostly for fast neutron reactors, with examples like the Russian BN-series of sodium ...
Dutch technology companies Demcon, Thorizon and VDL Group have signed a project agreement to demonstrate and validate the ...
Initially developed in the 1950s, molten salt reactors have benefits ... can reduce the risk of a large break and loss of coolant as a result of an accident, thereby enhancing the safety of the ...
Since Natrium uses sodium as its coolant instead of water (the reason behind its name), it can use fast ... reactor designs, Natrium also adds an on-site energy storage in the form of molten ...
The ORNL celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Molten Salt Reactor Workshop, focusing on innovation and MSR technology ...
As POWER has reported, Kairos’s KP-FHR comprises a graphite-moderated, “randomly packed” pebble‐bed reactor with molten fluoride salt coolant ... such as fast neutron spectrums, closed ...
TerraPower is developing a line of reactors that use a molten chloride coolant, drawing on a decades ... said the company was unable to scale up fast enough. Transatomic Power later open-sourced ...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the construction of the first-ever molten-salt reactor that will power the grid in the US. The approval was granted to Kairos Power, which is ...