Reporting in the Journal Chemical Science, the team showed that a machine-learning framework running on the lab’s Summit ...

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The same laboratory that has supported Wyoming’s emerging micro nuclear reactor sector is now inviting more companies to ...

The company raised $425 million in January 2025, around the same time that it turned on Polaris, a prototype reactor. Helion ...

NewTek Reimages LVDT Design for Extreme Heat of Salt Reactors . PENNSAUKEN, N.J. - May 22, 2025 - NewTek Sensor Solutions, a US-based manufacturer of linear and rotary position sensors, is developing ...

Molten salt reactor research started in the late 1940’s. In 1972, the Atomic Energy Commission expressed reservations about some technology issues and suggested that the engineering development of ...

Molten salt reactor research started in the late 1940’s. In 1972, the Atomic Energy Commission expressed reservations about some technology issues and suggested that the engineering development of ...

There have been some intriguing stories lately about a different kind of reactor – one cooled by molten salt instead of the more typical water-cooled designs comprising the great majority of the world ...

They also contain a “freeze plug” in the reactor chamber, which allows the salt/fuel slurry to drain into underground tanks in case of power failure. Towell is involved firsthand in the ...

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 January, the Consortium signed an agreement with Robison’s company, Natura, to develop a wastewater treatment facility powered by the heat of a next-generation molten salt nuclear reactor.

Several MSR designs are currently under development. While many new designs follow similar principles to the reactors developed in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment at the US Oak Ridge National ...