When most of us think of nuclear power, we often recall the negative aspects associated with this type of energy. However, ...

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However, the massive scale of building reactors means that projects get delayed, and cost overruns are common. These shortcomings are being addressed through innovations such as small modular reactors ...

Texas Tech University is partnering with Natura Resources and Abilene Christian University to deploy Natura’s molten salt ...

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are gaining momentum as a promising clean energy solution, with numerous companies developing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The permit allows TerraPower to begin building the non-nuclear portions of its plant, including its "energy island," which will hold the plant's turbines and molten-salt energy storage tanks.

In a bid to minimise the use of nickel deployed within the nuclear sector, the US Argonne National Laboratory has developed a ...

A new 1 megawatt thermal nuclear molten salt reactor will be built in 2026 and will be lowered into a cement encased trench in a new building in Texas. Rusty Towell of Nature Energy showed the new ...

After a half-century hiatus, thorium has returned to the front lines of nuclear power research as a source of fuel. In 2025, China plans to start building a demonstration thorium-based molten-salt ...