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 (ARE) reached first ...

Orano has created two specific 'sharing groups' which bring together the main designers of innovative fast neutron reactors ...

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 ...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Abilene Christian University (ACU) the construction permit for an ...

Moltex Energy Canada says new research demonstrates "the unique capability" of its Stable Salt Reactor - Wasteburner (SSR-W) ...

Inside a reactor, key metal components will be exposed not only to molten salt but also simultaneously to radiation, which generally has a detrimental effect on materials, making them more brittle ...

Google has ordered six to seven small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) from Kairos Power, becoming the first tech company to ...

In a notable, dedicated effort by a major U.S. utility to boost the development of an advanced reactor technology, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Kairos Power, developer of a… ...

Abilene Christian University was issued a construction permit by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build its molten salt reactor at the university's Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing Laboratory.

The company’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) is a Generation IV nuclear reactor that uses molten salt as a coolant and fuel carrier. Molten salt reactors offer a number of advantages over ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Abilene Christian University (ACU) a construction permit to build its Molten Salt Research Reactor (MSRR) facility on the university’s campus ...