So too for molten salt reactors (MSRs), which saw Oak Ridge ... but also of load-following, as the extraction of heat from the secondary cooling loop immediately impacts the core’s reactivity.

During World War II a scientist named Georg Otto Erb developed the molten salt battery for use in military applications. The war ended before Erb’s batteries found any real use, but British ...

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

Initially developed in the 1950s, molten salt reactors have benefits in higher efficiencies and lower waste generation. Some designs do not require solid fuel, which eliminates the need for ...

The company uses liquid-fueled molten salt reactor (LF-MSR ... While oil and gas wells produce water as a byproduct during extraction, they do not serve any direct purpose. Purification by ...

A recently declassified geological survey suggests that China may have far more thorium than previously estimated, placing ...

After five years of research, scientists at the US Idaho National Laboratory (INL) believe they have created the perfect ...

Unlike today’s models, a molten-salt reactor uses a liquid uranium salt as fuel, allowing for easier extraction of fission by-products. It has a containment system that kicks in when the plant ...

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

Thorizon of the Netherlands announced it has secured EUR20 million (USD22 million) in funding to accelerate the development ...

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