Texas Tech University, Abilene Christian University and Natura Resources are moving forward with plans to construct a molten ...

The Natura Resources MSR-1, a liquid-fueled molten salt reactor was licensed last year by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...

Several MSR designs are currently under development. While many new designs follow similar principles to the reactors developed in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment at the US Oak Ridge National ...

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The Natura MSR-1, a 1-megawatt thermal molten salt reactor system developed in association with Natura Resources, will be used for the first time at ACU’s molten salt research reactor (MSRR).

So too for molten salt reactors (MSRs), which saw Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) create a number of prototypes, starting in 1954 when the Aircraft Reactor Experiment reached first criticality.

MSRs can operate at low pressures, typically at or close to atmospheric pressure, unlike water-cooled reactors . One MSR design simply replaces water with molten salt, circulating the molten salt ...

ACU’s molten salt research reactor (MSRR) will be the first deployment of the Natura MSR-1, a 1 megawatt thermal molten salt reactor system. This construction permit is only the second ever for ...

ABILENE, Texas, Sept. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a construction permit (CP) for the deployment of the Natura Resources' MSR-1 system at ...

Molten salt nuclear reactors (MSR) also have unique passive methods of preventing nuclear disasters. Some plants are equipped with what's known as a "freeze plug" in the reactor chamber.

A cutaway of the TMSR-LF1 reactor (Image: SINAP) In January 2011, CAS launched a CNY3 billion (USD444 million) R&D programme on liquid fluoride thorium reactors (LFTRs), known there as the ...

The molten salt research reactor will be the first deployment of the Natura Resources’ MSR-1 system. The project plans to provide a new generation of nuclear power, which is designed to be safer ...