“The IET will inform the design, licensing, and operation of an approximately 180-MW MCFR [Molten Chloride Fast Reactor] demonstration planned for the early 2030s timeframe,” Southern Company ...

Once operational, the advanced reactor will provide electricity and heat for communities and the industry. The benefit of the ...

Southern Company and the US Department of Energy have signed an agreement to design, construct and operate the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment - a proof-of-concept critical fast-spectrum salt ...

The Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) at INL will test a new type of nuclear reactor that uses a mixture of molten ...

The MCRE will inform the design, licensing and operation of TerraPower’s Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR) – an innovative reactor technology that could provide low-cost, clean energy at scale.

MCRE, in cooperation with Southern Company and TerraPower, aims to build the world’s first critical fast-spectrum molten salt reactor, with the goal of having a demonstration reactor by 2028 and ...

Milestone signals continued progress in development of first-of-a-kind Molten Chloride Fast Reactor. ATLANTA, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company, TerraPower and CORE POWER have ...

INL is also part of a team developing the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE), a six-month sub-scale test that will demonstrate the first operational fast spectrum molten salt reactor in the ...

ATLANTA, November 2, 2022 /CSRwire/ - Southern Company, through its subsidiary Southern Company Services, and TerraPower have completed installation of the Integrated Effects Test, marking a crucial ...

TerraPower, backed by Bill Gates, is working on a chloride salt-fueled reactor without a moderator, the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR). The MCFR technology operates at higher temperatures ...

Specifically, the molten-salt reactor (MSR) is among a range dubbed Generation IV reactors and praised for their “walk-away safety, proliferation resistance and very long refueling cycles ...

Milestone signals continued progress in development of first-of-a-kind Molten Chloride Fast Reactor. Southern Company. ATLANTA, GA / ACCESSWIRE / October 6, 2023 / Southern Company, TerraPower and ...