A novel small modular reactor design will use its waste heat to desalinate water produced in Texan oil and gas wells.

Although to most the term ‘fission reactor’ brings to mind ... where the original solid fuel design was changed into a molten salt/fuel mixture due to concerns over reaction stability at ...

Initially developed in the 1950s, molten salt reactors have benefits in higher efficiencies and lower waste generation. Some designs do not require solid fuel, which eliminates the need for ...

Their closed fuel ... the molten salt fast reactor concept is being considered as a long term option. The most mature fast reactor technology, the sodium cooled fast reactor, has more than 400 reactor ...

The reactor derives its name from using molten salt as a coolant and a fuel since fissile material is mixed inside the salt. The reactor design is ... negative feedback loop cools down the reactor ...

Natura Resources, a business that specialises in creating small modular reactors, is building the nuclear reactor. Nuclear power is set to make a resurgence as the globe searches for new methods to ...

Significant advancements in nuclear power are being made right in West Texas with Natura Resources’ molten salt research reactor ... work continues on the reactor design — “every bolt ...

A new 1 megawatt thermal nuclear molten salt reactor will be built in 2026 and will be lowered into a cement encased trench in a new building in Texas. Rusty Towell of Nature Energy showed the new ...