The waste from molten salt reactors is radioactive and needs to be stored for a minimum of 300 years before it can be released back into the ground. A diagram of the core of a molten salt reactor.

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors ...

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method that can track chemical changes in molten salt in real ...

By the mid-2030s, a fleet of smaller floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs) that use “molten salt reactors” could form the largest floating power plant in the U.S. Nuclear innovation company ...

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 ...

Terrestrial Energy Inc. (“Terrestrial Energy” or the “Company”) is developing a small modular nuclear plant (the Terrestrial “IMSR plant”) using ...

Researchers at the US Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated a new method to track chemical changes in ...

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 ...

Using a new process, a team has developed a new way of processing fuel efficiently for cutting-edge molten salt reactors. One of the big pushes in the effort to spark a 21st century renaissance in ...

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 ...