However, the Fukushima accident prompted all countries to redefine the fast reactor programs ... the minimization of the mechanical energy release, consideration of molten fuel-coolant interaction ...

A new 1 megawatt thermal nuclear molten salt reactor will be built in 2026 and will be lowered into a cement encased trench ...

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 ...

even the same fuel assemblies (which hold the fuel in place), and the same methods to control the power (control rods and boron in the coolant ... is a Danish molten salt technology company developing ...

The industry ministry picked Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. as a company to play the core role in developing a next-generation nuclear reactor with a demonstration sodium-cooled fast reactor ...

A National Geographic emerging explorer with a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering, she wants to resurrect the molten-salt reactor, a 1960s-era design that she hopes will revive nuclear energy as a ...

The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada ...

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