Peer-reviewed research published in the Journal of Nuclear Materials shows that purifying molten fluoride salts before they ...

Dutch-French molten salt reactor developer Thorizon has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with South Korea's ...

Molten-salt reactors were first built in the 1950s but haven't been used in the US since the 1970s. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently issued a permit to build a molten-salt nuclear plant.

More than five years of work and $15 million spent will begin paying off this month as the Molten Salt Thermophysical ...

Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Copenhagen Atomics say that salt purity is the critical factor in preventing ...

Studies show that purified salts cause minimal corrosion in molten salt reactors, enabling more durable and cost-effective ...

Over the past decade, nuclear power has been making a comeback as an important source of low-cost, carbon-free energy. This renaissance is fueled by the world’s ever-growing energy needs and by ...

Researchers have found that untreated salts can create major challenges for molten salt reactors.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientific glassblower Carlos Rodriguez Flores uses a blowtorch to fabricate a glass test cell for a molten salt visualization experiment (Credit: ORNL) Oak Ridge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A novel nuclear reactor currently under construction at the Abilene Christian University (ACU) in Texas will help generate ...

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has debuted a new molten salt test loop that will support the development of advanced reactors using molten salts. The Molten Salt Flow Loop Test Bed is meant to allow ...

Molten salt electrochemistry has emerged as a transformative platform for synthesising carbon nanomaterials, offering a route to convert abundant and often problematic precursors such as carbon ...