What if the next big thing in nuclear energy was a dusty old idea from the Cold War era? Once considered to power nuclear bombers, molten salt reactors (MSRs) are in the spotlight, promising safer, ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. — By now, we all know road commissions apply road salt to add traction and prevent ice from forming. However, that process doesn't happen without a little boost. “Road salt itself ...

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. In the event ...

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.

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a new process, a team has developed a new way of processing fuel efficiently ...

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 ...

Molten Salt Solutions has secured supply agreements with Gauss Fusion and Type One Energy to provide lithium-6, a critical isotope for tritium production in fusion reactors. Its proprietary continuous ...

BOISE, Idaho — Out in the Eastern Idaho desert where sagebrush meats science, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) stands as America's atomic kitchen - brewing energy solutions that could revolutionize ...