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

Scientists have developed a new machine learning approach that accurately predicted critical and difficult-to-compute ...

Since chromium is stable as both Cr 3+ and Cr 2+ in most molten salts, "it is essential to understand how Cr 3+ and Cr 2+ react chemically with species produced in the radiation field of a reactor ...

Southern Company and INL’s molten salt test loop marks a major step toward safer, efficient Gen IV nuclear reactors with real-time corrosion monitoring.

Salt isn’t just for popcorn anymore. In fact, molten salt has caught the eye of the nuclear industry as an ideal working fluid for reactor cooling, energy transfer, fueling and fission product ...

In one, the molten salt includes salts of uranium and/or plutonium. In these elegant designs , the salt is fuel, moderator, and coolant, and reactor geometry controls power. In the reactor section, ...

Molten salt reactors (MSRs) represent a fascinating intersection of nuclear history and modern innovation. The concept of using molten salts as both a coolant and fuel carrier dates back to the ...

The global molten salt reactors market was valued at US$10,350 million in 2021 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.9% during the forecast period 2022-2032.

Startup Kairos Power has reached two milestones recently for its molten salt-cooled reactor. For more than a month in total, 12 metric tons of molten salt coursed through pipes at Kairos Power in ...

For this and for many other complicated reasons, molten salt reactors have largely stayed within the realm of 3D models and blueprints. That is, apart from one exception.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has created its “first-ever” custom glass test cell to observe how gases behave inside a molten salt reactor.

This research was a product of the Molten Salts in Extreme Environments Energy Frontier Research Center established at Brookhaven National Laboratory by the DOE Office of Science in 2018 to ...