These Floating Nuclear Reactors—Powered by Salt—Could Supercharge America’s Electrical Grid
The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than traditional nuclear power plants.
Real-time monitoring of advanced nuclear fuel now possible with new test bed
To meet energy demands and reestablish the nation's energy dominance, U.S. companies are developing several types of advanced ...
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Fuel breakthrough paves way for cutting-edge nuclear reactor
floating power plants, and ship propulsion. This sounds all well and good, but why haven't molten salt reactors been built before? The answer is that such reactors have been used since the very ...
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INL launches molten salt test loop
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) recently revealed a new molten salt test loop to support the development of advanced reactors ...
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Idaho National Laboratory reveals ‘first-of-a-kind ‘ molten salt test loop
The Molten Salt Flow Loop Test Bed is meant to allow for continuous, real-time monitoring and analysis that makes molten salt research more efficient.
Terrestrial Energy to Become First Publicly Traded Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Developer Through Combination with HCM II Acquisition Corp.
Terrestrial Energy Inc. (“Terrestrial Energy” or the “Company”) is developing a small modular nuclear plant (the Terrestrial “IMSR plant”) using ...
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US researchers make important progress for molten salt reactors
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 ...
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Kewaunee County leaders exploring ways to bring new life to nuclear power plant site
The International Atomic Energy Agency describes said plants as nuclear fission reactors where the fuel and/or coolant is a molten salt. That molten salt liquifies at elevated temperatures and can ...
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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measures real-time chemical changes in molten salt
The resulting mixture acts as both the coolant and fuel inside a molten salt reactor. ORNL operated two experimental molten salt reactors in the 1950s and 1960s, but the United States has none in ...
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Terrestrial Energy to Become First Publicly Traded Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Developer Through Combination with HCM II Acquisition Corp.
This animation provides an overview of the Terrestrial Energy Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR), which is the heart of an innovative small modular cogeneration plant designed to produce carbon ...
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Terrestrial Energy to Become First Publicly Traded Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Developer Through Combination with HCM II Acquisition Corp.
Texas A&M University recently selected Terrestrial Energy to partner on the construction of a commercial IMSR plant at the Texas A&M RELLIS campus, contributing to the university’s goal of ...
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Terrestrial Energy to Become First Publicly Traded Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Developer Through Combination with HCM II Acquisition Corp.
Terrestrial Energy is a developer of Generation IV nuclear plants using proprietary Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) technology. IMSR technology captures the transformative operating benefits ...