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US makes first nuclear fuel for world’s first fast-spectrum molten salt reactor test
US researchers at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have produced the first full-scale batch of enriched fuel salt for the ...
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Russian firm develops critical process for molten salt reactors’ operations
A Russian company has developed a production process for lithium-7 fluoride. Lithium-7 fluoride, to be used in the molten ...
The molten salt TES market presents opportunities driven by renewable energy mandates, cost reductions, and CSP advancements.
INL is producing enriched molten chloride fuel salt at full scale for its Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment, scheduled to ...
Idaho National Laboratory has launched full-scale production of enriched fuel salt for the world's first test of a molten chloride salt fast reactor - technology that could be deployed as soon as the ...
Molten salt reactors could become a cornerstone of the future nuclear energy industry, allowing companies to generate carbon-free power in a safe and efficient way. But first, researchers have to ...
When the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA, achieved a fusion energy gain factor of 1.6 on a test of its laser-based fusion reactor, the response was either utter elation or jaded skepticism ...
ThorConIsle is an offshore 500-MWe thorium molten salt reactor constructed inside a ship’s hull, ready to provide power from navigable waterways. The ThorCon “pot” operates at a pressure of 3 bar ...
The development of lithium-7 fluoride production technology is seen as a key step in Russia for the proposed future molten ...
A new battery technology could be a good fit for grid-scale storage of electricity. A team of engineers at Sandia National Laboratories has modified and improved molten sodium batteries, with an eye ...
The Netherlands' Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) has completed a major milestone irradiation test of molten nuclear fuel salts in its High Flux Reactor at Petten 37 mi (60 km) north of ...
It has long been known that the Earth's magnetic field flips direction every quarter of a million years or so resulting in the north and south poles changing places. Now physicists in France have ...
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