Molten salt nuclear reactors (MSR) also have unique passive methods of preventing nuclear disasters. Some plants are equipped with what's known as a "freeze plug" in the reactor chamber.

The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than ...

The Molten Salt Flow Loop Test Bed is meant to allow for continuous, real-time monitoring and analysis that makes molten salt research more efficient.

The resulting mixture acts as both the coolant and fuel inside a molten salt reactor. ORNL operated two experimental molten salt reactors in the 1950s and 1960s, but the United States has none in ...

Chemists report that radiation-induced chemical reactions may help mitigate the corrosion of metals in a new type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten salts.

Nuclear energy is set to return - in the form of molten salt reactors. US researchers have developed a process for producing the necessary fuel. “It's like baking a cake,” describes Bill ...

Texas A&M University recently selected Terrestrial Energy to partner on the construction of a commercial IMSR plant at the Texas A&M RELLIS campus, contributing to the university’s goal of ...

Terrestrial Energy is a developer of Generation IV nuclear plants using proprietary Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) technology. IMSR technology captures the transformative operating benefits ...

One type of advanced reactor, a molten salt reactor, uses fuels dissolved in molten salt coolants instead of the solid fuels used in traditional nuclear reactors. These reactors feature enhanced ...