High temperatures and ionizing radiation create extremely corrosive environments inside a nuclear reactor. To design ...

Chemists report that radiation-induced chemical reactions may help mitigate the corrosion of metals in a new type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten salts.

Moving toward the goal of having an operational molten salt nuclear reactor in the next decade, Southern Company and the ...

High temperatures and ionizing radiation create extremely corrosive environments inside a nuclear reactor. To design ...

The scientists heated a mixture of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate to 662°F until it became liquid, then used argon gas to pass two hydrogen isotopes through the molten salt.

These next-generation reactors, particularly molten salt reactors (MSRs), offer the potential for safer, more flexible energy ...

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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – A push toward what the Trump administration has called a “Golden Era of American Energy Dominance” could be in trouble. “Research universities are being caught up in a ...

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 ...

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method that can track chemical changes in molten salt in real time - helping to pave the way for the deployment of molten salt reactors for ...

Clarno studies one of the new types of reactors that could power Texas. Molten salt nuclear reactors can provide greater heat than traditional nuclear reactors, produce more energy and can even be ...

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 ...